FISSION OF HIGHLY-CHARGED ALKALI-METAL CLUSTERS

Authors
NAHER U FRANK S MALINOWSKI N ZIMMERMANN U MARTIN TP
Citation
U. Naher et al., FISSION OF HIGHLY-CHARGED ALKALI-METAL CLUSTERS, Zeitschrift fur Physik. D, Atoms, molecules and clusters, 31(3), 1994, pp. 191-197
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
Zeitschrift fur Physik. D, Atoms, molecules and clusters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01787683
Volume
31
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
191 - 197
Database
ISI
SICI code
0178-7683(1994)31:3<191:FOHAC>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Highly charged metal clusters can be easily produced using the techniq ue of multi-step photoionization. The critical sizes at which fission occurs are reported here for alkali metal clusters having charges as h igh as +7. An interpretation within the framework of the liquid drople t model reveals that the fission process is strongly asymmetric and th ermally activated.