2004
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physchem.55.081203.151413
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Serendipitous Meanderings and Adventures With Molecular Beams

Abstract: s Abstract This is the story of a native-born American who came as a postdoc to the country of his parents, Germany. There, by good fortune, he could participate in the revival and the rebuilding of the physical sciences following the ravishments of the Second World War, becoming at the age of 38, the director of a Max-Planck-Institut in Göttingen. Working under nearly ideal conditions, he carried out basic research using molecular beams. Aided by many active, youthfully impulsive, yet perceptive and imaginati… Show more

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“…Toennies' original articles and reviews on dynamics of atomic and molecular collisions have served and still serve as the main manuals for the authors of this paper and many other scientists working in this field of fundamental science. 1,2 Reactions of recombination of atoms, small radicals, and ions play a major role in representations of the mechanisms of complex chemical processes as one of the main routes of death of active particles. Direct three-body recombination of alkali ions M + and halide ions X À proceeds according to the scheme…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…Toennies' original articles and reviews on dynamics of atomic and molecular collisions have served and still serve as the main manuals for the authors of this paper and many other scientists working in this field of fundamental science. 1,2 Reactions of recombination of atoms, small radicals, and ions play a major role in representations of the mechanisms of complex chemical processes as one of the main routes of death of active particles. Direct three-body recombination of alkali ions M + and halide ions X À proceeds according to the scheme…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…By now, as far as the authors know, the dynamics of three-body recombination of ions has been explored this way only for recombination of the ions Cs + and Br À in the presence of rare gas and mercury atoms. [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] In this paper, we consider direct three-body recombination of the ions Cs + + F À and Cs + + I À according to the general scheme (1) in the collision energy range 1-10 eV typical for low temperature plasma:…”
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“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] In contrast to bulk experiments, where the reactants are mixed, the main advantage of the crossed beam approach is the capability to form the reactants in separate, supersonic beams. In principle, both reactant beams can be prepared in welldefined quantum states before they cross at a specific collision energy under the single collision conditions.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%