Shells in CO$_2$ Clusters
Abstract
Abundance spectra of (CO) clusters (up to 500) acquired under a wide range of adiabatic expansion conditions are analyzed within the evaporative ensemble framework. Analysis reveals that cluster stability functions display strikingly universal patterns for all expansion conditions. These patterns reflect the inherent properties of individual clusters. From this analysis the size-dependent cluster binding energies are determined, shell and subshell closing sizes identified, and cuboctahedral packing ordering for sizes above is confirmed. It is demonstrated that a few percent variation in the dissociation energies translates into significant abundance variations, especially for the larger clusters.
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@article{arxiv.2205.01577,
title = {Shells in CO$_2$ Clusters},
author = {John W. Niman and Benjamin S. Kamerin and Vitaly V. Kresin and Jan Krohn and Ruth Signorell and Roope Halonen and Klavs Hansen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.01577},
year = {2022}
}
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