Comment on "The Observability of Multiply Charged (Metal) Clusters"
Abstract
For original paper see ibid., vol.17, p.L551 (1984). Delley has attempted to explain the observation of a lower size limit in mass spectra of multiply charged Pb clusters. Cluster ions are produced by electron impact, ions Pbnz+ are only observed above a critical size nmin(z)=30, 45, and 72 for z=2, 3, 4 respectively. Echt accepts that the vertical ionisation and subsequent charge redistribution result in excited cluster ions, but argues that Delley's quantitative analysis of nmin(z) is based on invalid assumptions.
Department
Physics
Publication Date
8-1-1985
Journal Title
Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics
Publisher
IOP Science
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
O. Echt, Comment on "The Observability of Multiply Charged (Metal) Clusters", J. Phys. C18 (1985) L663
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