ENERGY EXCHANGES FOLLOWING VERY-LOW ENERGY ELECTRON-ATTACHMENT TO NEAT CS(2) AND CS(2)-CONTAINING CLUSTERS

Authors
DESFRANCOIS C KHELIFA N SCHERMANN JP KRAFT T RUF MW HOTOP H
Citation
C. Desfrancois et al., ENERGY EXCHANGES FOLLOWING VERY-LOW ENERGY ELECTRON-ATTACHMENT TO NEAT CS(2) AND CS(2)-CONTAINING CLUSTERS, Zeitschrift fur Physik. D, Atoms, molecules and clusters, 27(4), 1993, pp. 365-369
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
Zeitschrift fur Physik. D, Atoms, molecules and clusters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01787683
Volume
27
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
365 - 369
Database
ISI
SICI code
0178-7683(1993)27:4<365:EEFVEE>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
We have studied electron transfer from state-selected Rydberg atoms to (CS2)N and CS2(Ar)N clusters and compared the results to Rydberg elec tron transfer to isolated CS2 molecules. At large Rydberg principal qu antum numbers (n > 20), the influence of the positive ionic core becom es negligible and we are able to directly investigate the competition between electronic autodetachment of the anions and intracluster energ y exchanges between the anions and their environment. We show that arg on atoms are unable to achieve efficient internal energy exchanges in heterogeneous clusters as compared to the high efficiency of CS2 molec ules in homogeneous clusters.