Photo fragmentation of metal clusters stored in a penning trap
- authored by
- Clemens Walther, Stefan Becker, G. Dietrich, H. J. Kluge, M. Lindinger, K. Lützenkirchen, L. Schweikhard, J. Ziegler
- Abstract
Photo fragmentation studies of stored mass selected metal cluster ions of a large size range are reported. The experimental method and the data evaluation are described in detail. Gold cluster ions were produced by laser vaporization and stored in a Penning trap. After size selection they were electronically excited by irradiation with a pulsed laser beam. Relaxation by evaporation of neutral atoms and dimers was observed as a function of photon energy. From these data upper and lower limits for dissociation energies are determined for Aun+ (n = 3 to 23).
- External Organisation(s)
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Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research
- Type
- Article
- Journal
- Zeitschrift fur Physik D-Atoms Molecules and Clusters
- Volume
- 38
- Pages
- 51-58
- No. of pages
- 8
- ISSN
- 0178-7683
- Publication date
- 08.1996
- Publication status
- Published
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Electronic version(s)
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s004600050063 (Access:
Unknown)
