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Jonas Grzesiak1, Manish Vashishta2, Pavle Djuricanin2
1Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.
Abstract:
We present a comparison of two technically distinct methods for the generation of rotationally cold, pulsed supersonic beams of methyl radicals (CH3): a plate discharge source operating in the glow regime and a dielectric barrier discharge source. The results imply that the efficiency of both sources is comparable and that molecular beams with similar translational and rotational temperatures are formed. Methane (CH4) proved to be the most suitable radical precursor species.
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