Coulomb explosion of deuterium cationic clusters
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I. A. Howard, J. A. Alonso, N. H. March, A. Rubio, and C. Van Alsenoy Department of Physics, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), E-20018 San Sebastián, Spain Departmento de Fı́sica Teorica, Universidad de Valladolid, 47001 Valladolid, Spain Oxford University, Oxford, England Departamento de Fı́sica de Materiales, Universidad del Paı́s Vasco, and Centro Mixto CSIC/UPV, Paseo Manuel Lardizabal 3, E-20018 San Sebastián, Spain Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium ~Received 11 August 2003; published 16 December 2003!
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