Extracting the magic numbers of water clusters from abundance spectra K.Hansen, Dept. of Physics, Göteborg University P.Andersson, Dept. of Chemistry, Atmospheric Science, Göteborg University E.Uggerud, Dept. of Chemistry, Universitetet i Oslo
Pure water clusters H + (H 2 O) n N=21 (it is ”magic”)
Electrospray source & TOF-MS Ion product determination Ion production (Quadrupole mass filter, off) (TOF-MS) (collision cell, empty) Transit time defines cooling time
abundances / smoothened abundance distribution evaporative activation energies smoothened ditto heat capacity/k B evaporative rate constant frequency factor Evaporative ensemble abundances:
J.Borggreen et al., Phys.Rev. A 62 (2000) Example 1: Na cluster separation energies compared with heat bath evaporation
L. Schweikhard et al. Eur.Phys.J.D 36 (2005) 179 Example 2: Gold clusters in Penning trap compared with modelfree data
Conclusions: ’Magic’ appearance of N=21 is due both to enhanced stability of 21 and reduced stability of 22. N=28, 55 appear magic because 29, 56 are anti-magic Need to understand better: Thermal properties Radiative heating
Z.Shi et al., JCP 99 (1993) 8009 Metastable fragmentation
Radiative heating Th.Schindler et al., CPL 250 (1996) 301
Z.Shi et al., JCP 99 (1993) 8009