ISSN:
1434-6079
Keywords:
36.40. + d
;
35.20.Wg
;
33.80.Eh
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract A reflecting time of flight mass spectrometer (RETOF) is used to study unimolecular and collision induced fragmentation of ammonia cluster ions. Synchrotron radiation from the BESSY electron storage ring is used in a range of photon energies from 9.08 up to 17.7 eV for single photon ionisation of neutral clusters in a supersonic beam. The threshold photoelectron photoion coincidence technique (TPEPICO) is used to define the energy initially deposited into the cluster ions. Metastable unimolecular decay (µs range) is studied using the RETOF's capacity for energy analysis. Under collision free conditions the by far most prominent metastable process is the evaporation of one neutral NH3 monomer from protonated clusters (NH3) n − 2NH 4 + . Abundance of homogeneous vs. protonated cluster ions and of metastable fragments are reported as a function of photon energy and cluster size up ton=10.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01543971
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