OBSERVATION OF MOLECULAR FUSION AND DEEP INELASTIC-SCATTERING IN C60++C60 COLLISIONS

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CAMPBELL, EEB [1 ]
SCHYJA, V [1 ]
EHLICH, R [1 ]
HERTEL, IV [1 ]
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[1] MAX BORN INST,RUDOWER CHAUSSEE 6,O-1199 BERLIN,GERMANY
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.263
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Direct experimental evidence is obtained for the occurrence of fusion in collisions between two C60 molecules at collision energies of 200 to 500 eV in the center-of-mass frame of reference. The C120+ formed at 200 and 250 eV collision energy has a lifetime of more than 70 mus with high internal energy. Results are in good qualitative agreement with recent molecular dynamics simulations combined with density functional theory.
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