Stability of C$_{59}$ Knockout Fragments from Femtoseconds to Infinity
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| author | Gatchell, Michael Florin, Naemi Indrajith, Suvasthika Navarrete, José Eduardo Navarro Martini, Paul Ji, MingChao Reinhed, Peter Rosén, Stefan Simonsson, Ansgar Cederquist, Henrik Schmidt, Henning T. Zettergren, Henning |
| author_facet | Gatchell, Michael Florin, Naemi Indrajith, Suvasthika Navarrete, José Eduardo Navarro Martini, Paul Ji, MingChao Reinhed, Peter Rosén, Stefan Simonsson, Ansgar Cederquist, Henrik Schmidt, Henning T. Zettergren, Henning |
| contents | We have studied the stability of C$_{59}$ anions as a function of time, from their formation on femtosecond timescales to their stabilization on second timescales and beyond, using a combination of theory and experiments. The C$_{59}^-$ fragments were produced in collisions between C$_{60}$ fullerene anions and neutral helium gas at a velocity of 90 km/s (corresponding to a collision energy of 166 eV in the center-of-mass frame). The fragments were then stored in a cryogenic ion-beam storage ring at the DESIREE facility where they were followed for up to one minute. Classical molecular dynamics simulations were used to determine the reaction cross section and the excitation energy distributions of the products formed in these collisions. We found that about 15 percent of the C$_{59}^-$ ions initially stored in the ring are intact after about 100 ms, and that this population then remains intact indefinitely. This means that C$_{60}$ fullerenes exposed to energetic atoms and ions, such as stellar winds and shock waves, will produce stable, highly reactive products, like C$_{59}$, that are fed into interstellar chemical reaction networks. |
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| spellingShingle | Stability of C$_{59}$ Knockout Fragments from Femtoseconds to Infinity Gatchell, Michael Florin, Naemi Indrajith, Suvasthika Navarrete, José Eduardo Navarro Martini, Paul Ji, MingChao Reinhed, Peter Rosén, Stefan Simonsson, Ansgar Cederquist, Henrik Schmidt, Henning T. Zettergren, Henning Chemical Physics Astrophysics of Galaxies Atomic and Molecular Clusters We have studied the stability of C$_{59}$ anions as a function of time, from their formation on femtosecond timescales to their stabilization on second timescales and beyond, using a combination of theory and experiments. The C$_{59}^-$ fragments were produced in collisions between C$_{60}$ fullerene anions and neutral helium gas at a velocity of 90 km/s (corresponding to a collision energy of 166 eV in the center-of-mass frame). The fragments were then stored in a cryogenic ion-beam storage ring at the DESIREE facility where they were followed for up to one minute. Classical molecular dynamics simulations were used to determine the reaction cross section and the excitation energy distributions of the products formed in these collisions. We found that about 15 percent of the C$_{59}^-$ ions initially stored in the ring are intact after about 100 ms, and that this population then remains intact indefinitely. This means that C$_{60}$ fullerenes exposed to energetic atoms and ions, such as stellar winds and shock waves, will produce stable, highly reactive products, like C$_{59}$, that are fed into interstellar chemical reaction networks. |
| title | Stability of C$_{59}$ Knockout Fragments from Femtoseconds to Infinity |
| topic | Chemical Physics Astrophysics of Galaxies Atomic and Molecular Clusters |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.10063 |