Electronic shell structure of laser-warmed Na clusters
✍ Scribed by T.P. Martin; S. Bjørnholm; J. Borggreen; C. Bréchignac; Ph. Cahuzac; K. Hansen; J. Pedersen
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 551 KB
- Volume
- 186
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0009-2614
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✦ Synopsis
Mass spectra are reported for large sodium clusters warmed by a continuous laser beam prior to ionization. During the 1 ms warming period, the clusters lose more than IO% of their mass by single-atom evaporation. The resulting size distribution reveals what appears to be electronic shell structure for clusters containing up to 2500 atoms.
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