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Spectroscopy of helium-tagged C60 anions

Miriam Kappe1, Paul Martini2, Arne Schiller1,3, Elisabeth Gruber1, Fabio Zappa1, Serge A. Krasnokutski4, Paul Scheier1, and Michael Gatchell2,*

  • 1Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
  • 2Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
  • 3Institut für Atemgasanalytik, Universität Innsbruck, Innrain 66, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
  • 4Laboratory Astrophysics Group of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 3, 07743 Jena, Germany

  • *gatchell@fysik.su.se
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Phys. Rev. Research 6, L012045 – Published 1 March, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.L012045

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We present measurements of the electronic absorption spectrum of He-tagged buckminsterfullerene anions, C60−. Using a technique that allows for the efficient tagging of complex molecular anions with He, we achieve atomically resolved action spectra that provide an accurate determination of the gas-phase absorption spectrum in the near-infrared regime. In total we identify 27 absorption bands between 895 and 1057 nm.

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Phys. Rev. Research 6, L012045– Published 1 March, 2024
  • Received 30 May 2023
  • Revised 24 January 2024
  • Accepted 2 February 2024
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