Wells, E.Nishide, T.Tawara, H.Watson, R. L.Carnes, K. D.Ben-Itzhak, I.2023-12-072023-12-072008-06-12https://hdl.handle.net/2097/43743The fragmentation pattern and corresponding kinetic energy release distributions from carbon monoxide after collisions with slow, highly charged ions (C6+ at v=0.8 a.u. and Ar11+ at v=0.39 a.u.) are reported. Correlated measurements of the projectile final charge state and all charged molecular fragments were obtained using a coincidence time-of-flight technique coupled to projectile charge state separation. Fragmentation branching ratios for the dominant electron capture processes in these collisions are similar to those resulting from ionization by fast highly charged projectiles. This result can help simplify simulations of astrophysical or artificial plasma environments, as the branching ratio may be considered essentially constant for both electron capture and ionization as long as the relevant impact parameter is large.© American Physical Society (APS). This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/https://web.archive.org/web/20181120135245/https://journals.aps.org/copyrightFAQ.htmlText