Laser filament-induced aerosol formation
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Title (Dublin Core)
Laser filament-induced aerosol formation
Description (Dublin Core)
Using the aerosol and cloud simulation chamber AIDA, we investigated the laser filament induced particle formation in ambient air, humid synthetic air, humid nitrogen, argon–oxygen mixture, and pure argon in order to simulate the particle formation under realistic atmospheric conditions as well as to investigate the influence of typical gas-phase atmospheric constituents on the particle formation. Terawatt laser plasma filaments generated new particles in the size range 3 to 130 nm with particle production rates ranging from 1 × 10<sup>7</sup> to 5 × 10<sup>9</sup> cm<sup>−3</sup> plasma s<sup>−1</sup> for the given experimental conditions. In all cases the particle formation rates increased exponentially with the water content of the gas mixture. Furthermore, the presence of a few ppb of trace gases like SO<sub>2</sub> and α-pinene clearly enhanced the particle yield by number, the latter also by mass. Our findings suggest that new particle formation is efficiently supported by oxidized species like acids generated by the photoionization of both major and minor components of the air, including N<sub>2</sub>, NH<sub>3</sub>, SO<sub>2</sub> and organics.
Creator (Dublin Core)
Saathoff, H.
Henin, S.
Stelmaszczyk, K.
Petrarca, M.
Delagrange, R.
Hao, Z.
Lüder, J.
Möhler, O.
Petit, Y.
Rohwetter, P.
Schnaiter, M.
Kasparian, J.
Leisner, T.
Wolf, J.-P.
Wöste, L.
Date (Dublin Core)
2018-01-15
Type (Dublin Core)
info:eu-repo/semantics/Text
Format (Dublin Core)
info:eu-repo/semantics/application/pdf
Identifier (Dublin Core)
10.5194/acp-13-4593-2013
https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/13/4593/2013/
Source (Dublin Core)
eISSN: 1680-7324
Language (Dublin Core)
eng
Relation (Dublin Core)
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/228335
Rights (Dublin Core)
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
