PHOTOELECTRON-SPECTROSCOPY OF NEUTRAL MERCURY CLUSTERS HGX (X-LESS-THAN-OR-EQUAL-TO-109) IN A MOLECULAR-BEAM

被引:38
作者
KAISER, B
RADEMANN, K
机构
[1] Fachbereich Physikalische Chemie, Philipps-Universitat Marburg, D-3550 Marburg/Lahn, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse
关键词
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.3204
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
Vacuum ultraviolet photoelectron spectra are reported for mercury clusters with up to 109 atoms. These spectra yield quantitative information about the evolution of ionization potentials and bandwidths. Further results about partial photoionization cross sections are obtained by varying the photon energy. The photon energy dependence provides direct experimental evidence that large mercury clusters Hg(x) (x greater-than-or-equal-to 60) possess already a high density of p states near E(F).
引用
收藏
页码:3204 / 3207
页数:4
相关论文
共 25 条
[1]   PROBING THE TRANSITION FROM VANDERWAALS TO METALLIC MERCURY CLUSTERS [J].
BRECHIGNAC, C ;
BROYER, M ;
CAHUZAC, P ;
DELACRETAZ, G ;
LABASTIE, P ;
WOLF, JP ;
WOSTE, L .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1988, 60 (04) :275-278
[2]   SIZE DEPENDENCE OF INNER-SHELL AUTOIONIZATION LINES IN MERCURY CLUSTERS [J].
BRECHIGNAC, C ;
BROYER, M ;
CAHUZAC, P ;
DELACRETAZ, G ;
LABASTIE, P ;
WOSTE, L .
CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS, 1985, 120 (06) :559-563
[3]   TIME-OF-FLIGHT SPECTROSCOPY OF A SUPERSONIC BEAM OF MERCURY - INTENSITIES AND APPEARANCE POTENTIALS OF HGX AGGREGATES [J].
CABAUD, B ;
HOAREAU, A ;
MELINON, P .
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS, 1980, 13 (10) :1831-1834
[4]  
DECOULON V, 1991, Z PHYS D ATOM MOL CL, V19, P173, DOI 10.1007/BF01448284
[5]   THEORY FOR THE CHANGE OF THE BOND CHARACTER IN DIVALENT-METAL CLUSTERS [J].
GARCIA, ME ;
PASTOR, GM ;
BENNEMANN, KH .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1991, 67 (09) :1142-1145
[6]   MERCURY CLUSTERS - JELLIUM-LIKE MASS-SPECTRA AND THRESHOLD LAWS FOR ELECTRON-IMPACT IONIZATION [J].
HABERLAND, H ;
LANGOSCH, H .
ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PHYSIK D-ATOMS MOLECULES AND CLUSTERS, 1991, 19 (1-4) :223-225
[7]   DETECTION AND IONIZATION POTENTIAL OF MERCURY CLUSTERS [J].
HARBOUR, PJ .
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS PART B ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS, 1971, 4 (04) :528-&
[8]   STRUCTURAL AND ELECTRONIC-PROPERTIES OF THE LIQUID POLYVALENT ELEMENTS .2. THE DIVALENT ELEMENTS [J].
JANK, W ;
HAFNER, J .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1990, 42 (11) :6926-6938
[9]   MOLECULAR BONDING IN GROUP-IIA DIMERS BE2-BA2 [J].
JONES, RO .
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 1979, 71 (03) :1300-1308
[10]   FROM VANDERWAALS TO METALLIC BONDING - THE GROWTH OF BE CLUSTERS [J].
KAWAI, R ;
WEARE, JH .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1990, 65 (01) :80-83