https://doi.org/10.1007/s100530050385
Formation of small water cluster anions by attachment of very slow electrons at high resolution *
Fachbereich Physik, Universität Kaiserslautern, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
Received:
8
March
1999
Published online: 15 December 1999
Abstract
Using a high resolution 
laser photoelectron
attachment method, we have studied the formation of 
(q = 2, 6, 7, 11, 15) cluster ions in collisions of slow free electrons
(E = 1-
and Rydberg electrons (n = 12-300) with water
clusters. Resonances at zero energy have been observed, the shapes of which
are strongly dependent on cluster size. The results are discussed in terms
of the formation of metastable negative ions.
PACS: 34.80.Lx – Electron-ion recombination and electron attachment / 36.40.-c – Atomic and molecular clusters / 36.40.Qv – Stability and fragmentation of clusters
Work based on Chapter 9 of the unpublished doctoral dissertation of Jörg Mathias Weber (Fachbereich Physik, Universität Kaiserslautern, December 1998).
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 1999
