FRAGMENTATION PARTNERS FROM COLLISIONAL DISSOCIATION OF C-60

Authors
VANDENBOSCH R HENRY BP COOPER C GARDEL ML LIANG JF WILL DI
Citation
R. Vandenbosch et al., FRAGMENTATION PARTNERS FROM COLLISIONAL DISSOCIATION OF C-60, Physical review letters, 81(9), 1998, pp. 1821-1824
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
81
Issue
9
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1821 - 1824
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1998)81:9<1821:FPFCDO>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
The collision dynamics of 75-keV C-60(-) with H-2 gas has been studied . Coincidence measurements demonstrate that fragments such as C-4 and C-8 as well as the commonly assumed C-2 species are fragmentation part ners to heavy fragments. Odd-n as well as even-n light fragments are c oincident with even-n heavy fragments, indicating sequential decay fol lowing the initial binary fragmentation. Periodicity in yield distribu tions suggests that rings as well as chains can be extracted from C-60 and still leave a fullerene structure.