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Energy must be absorbed by a molecule in order for ion-pair dissociation to occur. Synchrotron radiation is ideal for such experiments because it provides a bright, monochromated and tunable energy source across the entire electromagnetic spectrum. Synchrotron radiation sources accelerate electrons at relativistic velocities in a circular orbit using magnets; this takes place in a storage ring, tens of metres in diameter. The accelerating charges emit collimated light tangentially to the orbital path. Collected from the storage ring at a beamline, the light is optically focused into a monochromator prior to entering the experimental end station. The experiments described in Chaps. 3–6 utilised vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) radiation from beamline 3.1 at the UK Daresbury Synchrotron Radiation Source (SRS).
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Simpson, M.J. (2012). The Experiments. In: Two Studies in Gas-Phase Ion Spectroscopy. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23129-2_2
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