Charge Transfer and Dissociation in Collisions of Metal Clusters with Atoms

Bréchignac, C.; Cahuzac, P.; Concina, B.; Leygnier, J.; Ruiz, L. F.; Zarour, B.; Hervieux, P. A.; Hanssen, J.; Politis, M. F.; Martin, F.

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Charge Transfer and Dissociation in Collisions of Metal Clusters with Atoms

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Zarour, B.
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Bréchignac, C., Cahuzac, P., Concina, B., Leygnier, J., Ruiz, L. F., Zarour, B., et al. (2002). Charge Transfer and Dissociation in Collisions of Metal Clusters with Atoms. Physical Review Letters, 89(18): 183402. Retrieved from http://ojps.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=PRLTAO000089000018183402000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes.

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We present a combined theoretical and experimental study of charge transfer and dissociation in collisions of slow Li- 31(2+) clusters with Cs atoms. We provide a direct quantitative comparison between theory and experiment and show that good agreement is found only when the exact experimental time of flight and initial cluster temperature are taken into account in the theoretical modeling. We demonstrate the validity of the simple physical image that consists in explaining evaporation as resulting from a collisional energy deposit due to cluster electronic excitation during charge transfer.