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Photo fragmentation of metal clusters stored in a penning trap

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Zeitschrift für Physik D Atoms, Molecules and Clusters

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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).

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  1. Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, D-55099, Mainz, Germany

    C. Walther, St. Becker, M. Lindinger, L. Schweikhard & J. Ziegler

  2. Institut für Kernchemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, D-55099, Mainz, Germany

    G. Dietrich & K. Lützenkirchen

  3. Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung mbH, D-64291, Darmstadt, Germany

    H.-J. Kluge

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Walther, C., Becker, S., Dietrich, G. et al. Photo fragmentation of metal clusters stored in a penning trap. Z Phys D - Atoms, Molecules and Clusters 38, 51–58 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004600050063

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