Hannover 2016 – scientific programme

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A: Fachverband Atomphysik

A 29: Atomic clusters (with MO)

A 29.4: Poster

Wednesday, March 2, 2016, 16:30–19:00, Empore Lichthof

Production of size and charge-state selected poly-anionic metal clusters with a multipole RF-trap — •Stefan Knauer, Gerrit Marx, and Lutz Schweikhard — Institut für Physik, Universität Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 6, 17489 Greifswald

Poly-anionic metal clusters are experimentally not yet investigated to large extent, they may well reveal particularly interesting properties and behavior [1]. The aim is to lift initially mono-anionic clusters to higher charge states by subsequent electron attachment inside a RF-trap [2-4]. These traps cannot store electrons and clusters at the same time. However, electron attachment is facilitated by providing field-free conditions for the passage of an electron beam. This can be accomplished by use of a multipole ring-electrode trap, which provides continuously an almost field free region [5]. The experiment is build to provide defined charge states for laser interaction experiments. The contribution will present the ring-electrode trap mentioned above as well as first cluster confinement tests. The project is supported by a Collaborative Research Center 652 of the DFG.

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