6533b860fe1ef96bd12c3c1c

RESEARCH PRODUCT

Nonstatistical fragmentation of large molecules

Preben HvelplundJohn D. AlexanderN HaagKostiantyn KulykKristian StøchkelMark H. StockettTao ChenPatrick RousseauPatrick RousseauStefan RosénH. A. B. JohanssonHenrik CederquistHenning T. SchmidtAnders JohanssonMichael GatchellLamri AdouiLamri AdouiU. BērziņšBernd A. HuberHenning Zettergren

subject

PhysicsFragmentation (mass spectrometry)Chemical physics0103 physical sciences[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-ATM-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Atomic and Molecular Clusters [physics.atm-clus]Molecule[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-CHEM-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Chemical Physics [physics.chem-ph]Atomic physics010402 general chemistry010306 general physics01 natural sciencesAtomic and Molecular Physics and Optics0104 chemical sciences

description

International audience; We present experimental evidence for the dominance of prompt single-atom knockout in fragmenting collisions between large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon cations and He atoms at center-of-mass energies close to 100 eV. Such nonstatistical processes are shown to give highly reactive fragments. We argue that nonstatistical fragmentation is dominant for any sufficiently large molecular system under similar conditions.

10.1103/physreva.89.032701https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01215250