Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 4778 - 4781 (1997)

Giant Intermolecular Decay and Fragmentation of Clusters

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L. S. Cederbaum1, J. Zobeley1, and F. Tarantelli2
1Theoretische Chemie, Universität Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
2Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy

Received 30 July 1997

In sharp contrast to molecules, electronic states of clusters with an excited intermediate-shell electron can efficiently decay via an intermolecular Coulombic mechanism. Explicit examples are presented using large scale ab initio propagator calculations. The mechanism is illustrated and its generality is stressed.


©1997 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v79/p4778
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.4778
PACS: 36.40.Cg, 31.50.+w, 34.50.Gb

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