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MS: Massenspektrometrie
MS 9: Posterbeiträge
MS 9.14: Poster
Thursday, March 16, 2006, 16:30–18:30, Labsaal
Cooling and electron impact neutralization of small ionic clusters — •Markus Eritt1,2, Adi Diner1, Yoni Toker1, Ofer Aviv1, Oded Heber1, Michael Rappaport1, and Daniel Zajfman1,3 — 1Department of Particle Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel — 2Institut f. Physik, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universitaet, D-17489 Greifswald, Germany — 3Max-Planck Institut f. Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Electrostatic ion beam traps allow to store and observe ionic atomic clusters over period of times which are longer than their natural internal cooling times. Contrary to Paul- or Penning traps it is possible to detect neutral fragments and reaction products likewise in storage rings. Using en electrostatic ion beam trap, we have performed experiments where the electron impact neutralization cross section of small (1 to ~10 atoms) negatively charged aluminum and silver clusters is measured. Additionally, we have measured the cooling times of these species, and found signatures of thermionic, evaporative and radiative cooling for several species.