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MS: Fachverband Massenspektrometrie
MS 2: New Methods, Applications, Storage Rings
MS 2.5: Talk
Monday, March 11, 2024, 18:15–18:30, HS 3042
Photofission of dianionic tin-34 clusters — Alexander Jankowski, Paul Fischer, Moritz Grunwald-Delitz, and •Lutz Schweikhard — Inst. of Physics, Univ. of Greifswald, 17487 Greifswald
Small tin clusters (of number of atoms n below 50) are formed by building blocks of Sn7, Sn10 [1-3] and, in the case of anionic clusters, Sn15 [3]. This leads to corresponding fragmentation patterns [4,5] as confirmed and further investigated [6,7] at ClusterTrap [8]. In particular, dianionic tin clusters fission into two monoanionic fragments [7], as previously found for the case of lead clusters [9]. Now, selected ensembles of Sn342− clusters were irradiated by nanosecond laser pulses of variable photon energies, causing photodissociation (besides electron detachment). After a variable delay time, the remaining stored cluster ensemble is analyzed by time-of-flight mass spectrometry. The time-resolved measurements allow for the reconstruction of the decay pathways, confirming the competition of fission processes.
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Keywords: Penning traps; metal clusters; photodissociation