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Published on: May 9, 2020
Raman spectroscopy of small para-H2 clusters formed in cryogenic free jets
G Tejeda1, J M Fernández, S Montero
1Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, Serrano 121, E-28006 Madrid, Spain.
Abstract:
Small para-H2 clusters (pH2)N with N=2,...,8 have been identified by Raman spectroscopy in cryogenic free jets of the pure gas, near the Q(0) Raman line of the H2 monomer. The high resolution in space, time, and number size makes it possible to follow their growth kinetics with distance from the orifice. At lower source temperatures liquid clusters appear early in the expansion and then undergo a gradual phase transition to the solid state. The technique is very promising for exploring superfluidity in pure (pH2)N clusters.
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