G. N. Makarov, A. N. Petin, “Disintegration of argon clusters in collisions with highly vibrationally excited SF<nobr>$_6$</nobr> molecules in crossed molecular and cluster beams”, Pis'ma v Zh. Èksper. Teoret. Fiz., 2013, Volume 97, Issue 2,Pages <nobr>82

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OPTICS AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS

Disintegration of argon clusters in collisions with highly vibrationally excited SF$_6$ molecules in crossed molecular and cluster beams

G. N. Makarov^a, A. N. Petin^ba

^a Institute of Spectroscopy, Russian Academy of Sciences
^b Troitsk Institute for Innovation and Fusion Research

Abstract: It has been found that collisions of highly vibrationally excited SF$_6$ molecules (with the vibrational energy $E_{\text{vib}}\geq(0.5{-}2.0)\,$eV) with Ar$_N$ clusters (where $N\leq30{-}40$ is the number of atoms in a cluster) in crossed molecular and cluster beams result in capture of molecules followed by complete disintegration of the clusters. Possible applications of the effect for selective doping of clusters with molecules, laser separation of isotopes, and selective transport of molecules to the surface are discussed.

Received: 06.11.2012

DOI: 10.7868/S0370274X13020033