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Photoelectron spectroscopy of size-selected cluster ions using synchrotron radiation

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A new experimental setup for photoelectron spectroscopy of size-selected cluster ions using synchrotron VUV radiation as generated by the Swiss Light Source is presented. An intense positively charged cluster ion beam is produced in a high-intensity magnetron sputter source. The clusters are subsequently mass selected in a sector magnet. To maximize the residence time of the cluster ions in the ionization region of the velocity map imaging spectrometer, the cluster ion beam is decelerated where it crosses the light beam. First experiments on (MoO3) + n (n = 69 and 59) cluster cations show that the approach is capable of delivering photoelectron spectra of size-selected transition metal cluster ions.

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Acknowledgments

The support by German Research Foundation (DFG Grant No. GA 389/22-1) is gratefully acknowledged. The photoionization experiments were carried out at the VUV beamline of the Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute. A.B., P.H., and T.G. acknowledge funding by the Swiss Federal Office for Energy (BFE Contract Number 101969/152433).

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Konstanz, 78457, Constance, Germany

    Thomas Schramm & Gerd Ganteför

  2. Molecular Dynamics Group, Paul Scherrer Institut, PSI, 5232, Villigen, Switzerland

    Andras Bodi, Partick Hemberger & Thomas Gerber

  3. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104, Freiburg, Germany

    Bernd von Issendorff

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Schramm, T., Ganteför, G., Bodi, A. et al. Photoelectron spectroscopy of size-selected cluster ions using synchrotron radiation. Appl. Phys. A 115, 771–779 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-014-8434-z

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