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Diffraction of Fast Electrons on the Fullerene C60 Molecule

Leonid G. Gerchikov, Peotr V. Efimov, Valerii M. Mikoushkin, and Andrey V. Solov'yov
Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 2707 – Published 28 September 1998
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Abstract

In this paper we present results of experimental and theoretical studies of both elastic and inelastic scattering of fast electrons on the fullerene C60 in the gas phase. We report the first experimental observation of the electron diffraction on C60, manifesting itself in both elastic and inelastic scattering processes. Diffraction patterns of the cross sections carry important information about the characteristics of the target fullerene, such as its size, distribution of the charge density near the cluster surface, frequencies of plasmon resonance excitations, etc.

  • Received 21 April 1998

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.2707

©1998 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Leonid G. Gerchikov

  • St. Petersburg Technical University, St. Petersburg, Russia 195251

Peotr V. Efimov, Valerii M. Mikoushkin, and Andrey V. Solov'yov

  • A. F. Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of Russia, 194021 St. Petersburg, Russia

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Vol. 81, Iss. 13 — 28 September 1998

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