https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2003-00180-y
Temperature concepts for small, isolated systems; 1/t decay and radiative cooling
1
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Aarhus, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
2
Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä,
Finland
Corresponding author: a jua@phys.au.dk
Received:
10
September
2002
Published online:
3
July
2003
We report on progress in our investigations of cluster cooling. The analysis of measurements is based on introduction of the microcanonical temperature and a statistical description of the decay of an ensemble with a broad distribution in temperature. The resulting time dependence of the decay rate is a power law close to t-1, replaced by nearly exponential decay after a characteristic time for quenching by radiative cooling. We focus on results obtained for fullerenes, both anions and cations and recently also neutral C60.
PACS: 36.40.-c – Atomic and molecular clusters / 36.40.Cg – Electronic and magnetic properties of clusters / 36.40.Qv – Stability and fragmentation of clusters / 36.40.Wa – Charged clusters / 39.10.+j – Atomic and molecular beam sources and techniques
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2003
