Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics1. Introduction

stopping of the cluster, its fragmentation and its range need to be known. [8] compared the consequences of a C60 cluster impact and a Ga atom impact, each with 15 keV (total) energy, on Ag (111); they demonstrated that C60 projectiles are eminently efficient in producing sputtering. The same group recently published further simulations on various aspects of C60 impact on elemental surfaces [9–11], but als