Temperature concepts for small, isolated systems; 1/t decay and radiative cooling

  • J. U. Andersen*
  • , E. Bonderup
  • , K. Hansen
  • , P. Hvelplund
  • , B. Liu
  • , U. V. Pedersen
  • , S. Tomita
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We report on progress in our investigations of cluster cooling. The analysis of measurements is based on introduction of the microcanonical temperature and a statistical description of the decay of an ensemble with a broad distribution in temperature. The resulting time dependence of the decay rate is a power law close to t-1. replaced by nearly exponential decay after a characteristic time for quenching by radiative cooling. We focus on results obtained for fullerenes, both anions and cations and recently also neutral C60.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)191-196
Number of pages6
JournalEuropean Physical Journal D
Volume24
Issue number1-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2003
Externally publishedYes

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