A novel merged beams apparatus to study anion-neutral reactions.
We have developed a novel laboratory instrument for studying gas phase, anion-neutral chemistry. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first such apparatus which uses fast merged beams to investigate anion-neutral chemical reactions. As proof-of-principle we have detected the associative detachment reaction H(-)+H-->H(2)+e(-). Here we describe the apparatus in detail and discuss related technical and experimental issues.
Bruhns
H
H
Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027-6601, USA.
Kreckel
H
H
Miller
K
K
Lestinsky
M
M
Seredyuk
B
B
Mitthumsiri
W
W
Schmitt
B L
BL
Schnell
M
M
Urbain
X
X
Rappaport
M L
ML
Havener
C C
CC
Savin
D W
DW