title: High resolution dissociative electron attachment to gas phase adenine.
abstract: The dissociative electron attachment to the gas phase nucleobase adenine is studied using two different experiments. A double focusing sector field mass spectrometer is utilized for measurements requiring high mass resolution, high sensitivity, and relative ion yields for all the fragment anions and a hemispherical electron monochromator instrument for high electron energy resolution. The negative ion mass spectra are discussed at two different electron energies of 2 and 6 eV. In contrast to previous gas phase studies a number of new negative ions are discovered in the mass spectra. The ion efficiency curves for the negative ions of adenine are measured for the electron energy range from about 0 to 15 eV with an electron energy resolution of about 100 meV. The total anion yield derived via the summation of all measured fragment anions is compared with the total cross section for negative ion formation measured recently without mass spectrometry. For adenine the shape of the two cross section curves agrees well, taking into account the different electron energy resolutions; however, for thymine some peculiar differences are observed.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik and Center for Molecular Biosciences, Leopold Franzens Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Huber
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beikircher
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Denifl
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zappa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matejcik
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bacher
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Grill
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Märk
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Scheier
mesh_terms: D000225:Adenine / Q000737:chemistry*; D000838:Anions; D001482:Base Composition; D001703:Biophysics / Q000379:methods*; D002627:Chemistry, Physical / Q000379:methods*; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry; D004249:DNA Damage; D004583:Electrons; D005740:Gases; D007477:Ions; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008956:Models, Chemical; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation
chemical_list: D000838:Anions; D005740:Gases; D007477:Ions; D004247:DNA; D000225:Adenine