Strong-Field Ionization and Dissociation Studies on Small Early

May 2, 2011 - reported independently by the groups of Castleman et al.1ہ4 and. Rhodes et al.5,6 Ultrashort pulses of light deliver strong electric fi...
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Strong-Field Ionization and Dissociation Studies on Small Early Transition Metal Carbide Clusters via Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry Daniel E. Blumling,†,‡ Scott G. Sayres,†,‡ and A. W. Castleman, Jr.*,†,§ †

Departments of Chemistry and §Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States ABSTRACT: In this work, we report experimental results from the strongfield ionization and subsequent Coulomb explosion of narrow distributions of small (