The radiative cooling of highly excited carbon cluster cations of sizes N = 8, 10, 13-16 has been studied in an electrostatic storage ring. The cooling rate constants vary with cluster size from a maximum at N = 8 of 2.6 × 10 s and a minimum at N = 13 of 4.4 × 10 s. The high rates indicate that photon emission takes place from electronically excited ions, providing a strong stabilizing cooling of the molecules.
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College of Engineering, Applied Science University (ASU), Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain.
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