Lifetime measurements with fullerene ion
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L.H. Andersen; C. Brink; H.K. Haugen; P. Hvelplund; D.H. Yu; N. Hertel; S.P. Møl
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Article
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1994
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Positive and negative fullerene ions have been stored in a heavy-ion storage ring. We found confinement times (storage lifetimes) of the order of 2 to 10 s, the limit being set by colhsional destruction in the background gas. The data also show a short decay time of the order of some milliseconds. T