The molecular beam facility
Properties and reactions of molecular aggregates

PhD students

A. S. Gemechu

S. Marquardt
Master students


Main equipment

CW and pulsed molecular beam experiments

TOF mass spectrometers (linear (R=360) and reflectron (R=700))

TOF photoelectron spectrometer (magnetic bottle type (resolution: 10 meV))

Nd-YAG lasers (Spectron SL 800B and SL 456 G)
Dye lasers (Lambda Physik Scanmate 2E OG (0.023 cm-1 resolution) und Estla Ltd. DL-midi (0.13 cm-1 resolution) both with SHG

Photo

Molecular beam machine

Molecular beam apparatus with a TOF photoelectron spectrometer (Development and construction by Dr. C. G. Eisenhardt)

Examples Difluorobenzene/ammonia
Fluorochlorobenzene/ammonia
Anisole/ammonia, anisole/carbondioxide
Small aromatic molecules/rare gases
(see also the page publications)

Photoelectron spectrum of a toluene argon cluster and the assignment of the intra- and the intermolecular vibrations
PES of the toluene Ar cluster