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Application of the electrostatic ion storage ring ELISA to studies of clusters and biomolecules is discussed. Ions injected from a plasma source or a sputter source are hot, and at short times the yield of neutrals is usually dominated by decay of metastable ions. We have demonstrated that the decay function is close to a 1/t dependence when the internal energy of the ions is conserved, i.e., when photon emission can be ignored. Deviations from a 1/t distribution therefore gives information about the radiative lifetime or, for larger systems, about the intensity of the emitted radiation. Systematic measurements have been carried out for fullerene anions C N −, for even values of N from 36 to 96, to test a classical dielectric model. Recently we have installed an electrospray ion source with a Paul trap for bunching, which can be used to inject biomolecular ions from solution, and the first experiments on laser spectroscopy of biomolecules have been carried out. Also lifetimes of excited states have been measured for stored biomolecular ions excited by a laser pulse.
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Andersen, J.U., Andersen, L.H., Hvelplund, P. et al. Studies of Clusters and Biomolecules in ELISA. Hyperfine Interactions 146, 283–291 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:HYPE.0000004201.81619.ab
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