Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol.105, No.17, 7872-7875, 1996
Charge-Transfer Within He Clusters
Mass spectrometric measurements of clusters containing N helium atoms and an NO molecule yield probabilities for charge transfer from He+ to NO that range from 0.8+/-0.1 for [N]=540 to 0.02+/-0.02 for [N] = 15 000. From this we estimate that the He+ hole hops approximately 70 times before localization at a He-2(+) core.