Spectroscopy of large hydrogen clusters at low temperatures

Takamasa Momose

Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, USA


We report our recent investigation of large (N=100 - 100,000) hydrogen clusters at very low temperatures created by the expansion of cold, compressed hydrogen gas into vacuum. Laser induced fluorescence (LIF) and infrared absorption of several molecules doped in hydrogen clusters showed clear evidence of non-rigidity of hydrogen clusters at 0.4 K or 4 K. Details of our experimental results will be discussed.

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