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The determination of charge-changing collision cross sections for negative ions involves making measurements on other beam components as well. Beams of H^+, He^+, and O^+ were sent through a gas cell where charge exchange took place. Ratios of various charge components were obtained for thick targets. Negativeion beams were sent through thin targets in a magnetic field and attenuation ratios were determined. Measurements were in the energy range from 10 to 400 keV. The observations on equilibrium ratios for hydrogen ions in various gases were in excellent agreement with previous work. Some new values of ₀₁ and ₁₀+₁₁ for a hydrogen-gas target are presented. (₀₁=crosssectionachangefromcharge00ex{0ex}to0ex{0ex}-1, 0ex{0ex}etc. ) The observations on the helium beam were limited to the beam-fraction ratio F₁{F₁}. This ratio did not approach an equilibrium value, except in the case of the helium target, but rather reached a maximum and continued to decrease for thicker targets. The maximum values of F₁{F₁} are presented for gas targets of hydrogen, helium, nitrogen, oxygen, and argon. The values of ₁₀+₁₁ are given for a hydrogen target and values of ₀₁ determined with the aid of previously published data are presented. The observations on the oxygen beam allowed the determinations of beam fractions F₁, F₀, F₁, F₂, F₃ for hydrogen, helium, and oxygen targets. Using these quantities it was possible to determine certain individual charge-changing cross sections after making simplifying assumptions concerning the negligible magnitude of some of the cross sections. These cross sections and the beam fractions are presented for the three gases.
Jorgensen et al. (1965) studied this question.