Negative ions in space

TJ Millar, C Walsh, TA Field - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Until a decade ago, the only anion observed to play a prominent role in astrophysics was H–
. The bound–free transitions in H–dominate the visible opacity in stars with photospheric …

State of the art in dissociative electron attachment spectroscopy and its prospects

SA Pshenichnyuk, NL Asfandiarov, AS Vorob'ev… - Physics …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The latest achievements are presented in experimental and theoretical studies of resonance
scattering of low-energy (0–15-eV) electrons from molecular targets in a gas phase resulting …

Survival of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon knockout fragments in the interstellar medium

M Gatchell, J Ameixa, MC Ji, MH Stockett… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Laboratory studies play a crucial role in understanding the chemical nature of the interstellar
medium (ISM), but the disconnect between experimental timescales and the timescales of …

Radiative cooling of size-selected gas phase clusters

P Ferrari, E Janssens, P Lievens… - International Reviews in …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Predicted almost forty years ago, the radiation from thermally populated excited electronic
states has recently been recognised as an important cooling mechanism in free molecules …

Vibrational autodetachment of sulfur hexafluoride anions at its long-lifetime limit

S Menk, S Das, K Blaum, MW Froese, M Lange… - Physical Review A, 2014 - APS
We have investigated the autodetachment of electrons from rovibrationally hot SF 6− anions
using a cryogenic ion-beam trap. Extremely low residual gas densities of 10 4 cm− 3 …

3-MV compact very fast transient overvoltage generator for testing ultra-high-voltage gas-insulated switchgear

T Wen, Q Zhang, C Guo, X Liu, L Pang… - IEEE Electrical …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) is widely used today in electrical power systems because of
its reliability, compaction, long maintenance cycle, and small impact on the environment [1] …

Insulation characteristics of 1100 kV GIS under very fast transient overvoltage and lightning impulse

L Zhang, Q Zhang, S Liu, F Liu, L Li… - … on Dielectrics and …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Very fast transient overvoltage (VFTO) in gas insulated switchgear (GIS) is of great concern
at the higher rated voltages because the difference between the rated lightning impulse (LI) …

Decays of excited silver-cluster anions , to 7, in the Double ElectroStatic Ion Ring ExpEriment

EK Anderson, M Kamińska, KC Chartkunchand… - Physical Review A, 2018 - APS
Spontaneous decays of small, hot silver-cluster anions Ag n−, n= 4–7, have been studied
using one of the rings of the Double ElectroStatic Ion Ring ExpEriment (DESIREE) …

Efficient radiative cooling of tetracene cations C 18 H 12+: absolute recurrent fluorescence rates as a function of internal energy

J Bernard, MC Ji, S Indrajith, MH Stockett… - Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
We have measured recurrent fluorescence (RF) cooling rates of internally hot tetracene
cations, C18H12+, as functions of their storage times and internal energies in two different …

Thermionic power-law decay of excited aluminum-cluster anions and its dependence on storage-device temperature

MW Froese, K Blaum, F Fellenberger, M Grieser… - Physical Review A …, 2011 - APS
The decay of excited aluminum-cluster anions (Al n-, n= 4 and 5) has been investigated in a
cryogenic linear ion-beam trap. A power-law is found to accurately reproduce the time …