Capture of neon atoms by <span class="aps-inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><mmultiscripts><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">He</mi></mrow><mprescripts></mprescripts><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>4</mn></mrow><mrow></mrow><mrow></mrow></mmultiscripts></mrow></math></span> clusters

A. Scheidemann; J. P. Toennies; J. A. Northby

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.1899

Capture of neon atoms by ${}^{4}{He}$ clusters

A. Scheidemann, J. P. Toennies, and J. A. Northby

Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 1899 – Published 16 April 1990

Abstract

Neon atoms are captured by helium clusters in a crossed-beam experiment. The capture process depends strongly on the cluster beam source conditions. We identify a sharply defined region corresponding to expansions passing near the critical point for which the capture probability is anomalously large.