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Rayleigh instabilities in multiply charged sodium clusters.

F Chandezon1, S Tomita, D Cormier

  • 1Département de Recherche Fondamentale sur la Matière Condensée, CEA-Grenoble, 17, rue des Martyrs, F-38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France. fchandezon@cea.fr

Physical Review Letters
|October 3, 2001
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Researchers studied the stability of multiply charged sodium clusters (Na(q+)(n)) formed in ion-cluster collisions. The maximum fissility for stable clusters was found to be approximately 0.85, limited by initial cluster temperature.

Area of Science:

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Physical Chemistry

Background:

  • Multiply charged atomic clusters are fundamental systems exhibiting unique properties.
  • Understanding cluster stability is crucial for various applications, including materials science and nanotechnology.
  • Previous studies have explored cluster stability, but the influence of high charge states and initial temperatures requires further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To experimentally investigate the stability of multiply charged sodium clusters (Na(q+)(n)) produced via collisions with multiply charged ions.
  • To determine the maximum fissility (X) of stable multiply charged sodium clusters and identify factors limiting their stability.
  • To correlate cluster stability with initial temperature and charge state.

Main Methods:

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  • Generation of multiply charged sodium clusters (Na(q+)(n), q ≤ 10) through collisions between neutral sodium clusters and multiply charged ions (A(z+), z = 1–28).
  • Identification and characterization of cluster stability using a high-resolution reflectron-type time-of-flight mass spectrometer with a mass resolution of m/Δm ≈ 14,000.
  • Systematic variation of ion charge states (z) and analysis of resulting cluster temperatures and fissilities.

Main Results:

  • Multiply charged sodium clusters were formed across a wide range of temperatures and fissilities.
  • The maximum fissility (X) for stable clusters was determined to be approximately 0.85 ± 0.07, observed for z = 28.
  • This maximum fissility is slightly below the theoretical Rayleigh limit (X = 1) and is primarily limited by the initial cluster temperature (T ≈ 100 K).

Conclusions:

  • The experimental study provides critical data on the stability limits of multiply charged sodium clusters.
  • Initial cluster temperature is identified as a key factor limiting the fissility of stable multiply charged sodium clusters.
  • The findings contribute to a deeper understanding of charge dynamics and fragmentation processes in atomic clusters.