Comment on: Is n=4 a magic number for He+n?

1 December 1990

journal article
Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics

Vol. 93 (11) , 8403-8404
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.459276

Abstract

Possible explanations for the unusual abundance of the n=4 peak in the recent experimental mass spectra of helium clusters generated by Buchenau et al. are considered since theoretical calculations reveal that the He atom is bound by only 0.02–0.03 eV in He⁺₄ relative to He⁺₃.

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