Critical Sizes for Stable Multiply Charged CO2 Clusters

Authors

• Olof Echt, University of New HampshireFollow
• K. Sattler, Universität Konstanz
• Ekkehard Recknagel, Universität Konstanz

Abstract

Because of Coulomb explosion, multiply charged clusters (CO2)z+n are observed in mass spectra only if their size n exceeds a critical value which has been determined as for doubly, triply and quadruply charged clusters, respectively. The onset of stability above nz∗ occurs abruptly

Department

Physics

Publication Date

7-5-1982

Publication Title

Physics Letters A

Publisher

Springer

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0375-9601(82)90683-1

Recommended Citation

O. Echt, K. Sattler and E. Recknagel, Critical Sizes for Stable Multiply Charged CO2 Clusters, Phys. Lett. 90A (1982) 185