Decay rate constants of sputtered vanadium oxide clusters
Results from studying the emission and fragmentation of VnOm± clusters sputtered from a vanadium surface by Xe+ ions at O2 pressures of P = 4–5 × 10−3 Pa are presented. The average decay rate constants of VnOm± clusters for major fragmentation channels are determined. It is shown that the decay rate constants for clusters of similar stoichiometry do not depend on their charge states.