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Magic Numbers for Sphere Packings: Experimental Verification in Free Xenon Clusters
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The existence of magic numbers for atomic microclusters has been found experimentally for the first time. The magic numbers ${n}^{*}$ manifest themselves in the mass spectra of free xenon clusters, nucleated in the gas phase. The observed numbers ${n}^{*}=13, 55, \mathrm{and} 147$ coincide with the numbers of spheres required for complete-shell icosahedra. The appearance of further magic numbers (19, 25, 71, and 87) is only partially explained by previous calculations.
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- Echt, O., Sattler, K., & Recknagel, E.
- Venue
- Physical Review Letters
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 1981-10-19
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 16
- Pages
- 1121-1124
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- 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
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- W2080928361
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