Multistage transformation and charge effect during the fragmentation phase transition in atomic clusters

D. B. Qian, X. Ma, Z. Chen, B. Li, X. L. Zhu, S. F. Zhang, S. Martin, R. Brédy, J. Bernard, and L. Chen
Phys. Rev. A 87, 063201 – Published 25 June 2013

Abstract

Compared with the macrosystem case, the phase transition occurring in fragmenting cluster systems depicts a much richer story. However, most experimental observations have been restricted to an extremely partial view of this picture due to the technical limitations of a large-range scan of the energy deposited in a selected cluster system. Here, taking charge-selected C603+ and C604+ as model systems, we experimentally explore the fragmentation phase transition (FPT) over a large energy range and directly observe some of the most important features of the FPT, the multistage transformation, and the charge effect.

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  • Received 17 March 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.87.063201

©2013 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

D. B. Qian1, X. Ma1,*, Z. Chen1, B. Li1, X. L. Zhu1, S. F. Zhang1, S. Martin2, R. Brédy2, J. Bernard2, and L. Chen2

  • 1Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
  • 2Université de Lyon, F-69622, Lyon, France; Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne; CNRS, UMR 5579, LASIM, France

  • *x.ma@impcas.ac.cn

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Vol. 87, Iss. 6 — June 2013

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