CRITICAL SIZES AGAINST COULOMB DISSOCIATION OF HIGHLY-CHARGED SODIUM CLUSTERS OBTAINED BY ION IMPACT

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CHANDEZON, F
GUET, C
HUBER, BA
JALABERT, D
MAUREL, M
MONNAND, E
RISTORI, C
ROCCO, JC
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[1] Commissariat̀ l'Energie Atomique, Laboratoire des Ions, Atomes et Agrégats, Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Grenoble, F38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, 17, rue des Martyrs
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.3784
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O4 [物理学];
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The multiple ionization of alkali-metal clusters by low energy ions is investigated experientially for the first time. Multi-ionized clusters possibly undergoing Coulomb dissociation are formed and detected. Free sodium clusters of a few hundred atoms have been bombarded by different ion beams (H+, O5+, Ar8+) of velocity ranging from 0.5×108 to 2.2×108 cm/s. Critical sizes for stability against charge excess have been deduced for cluster charges up to 6. They are found to depend upon the projectile charge. Observed differences are discussed in terms of temperature effects. © 1995 The American Physical Society.
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页码:3784 / 3787
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