Table 1.
Experimental first VDEs for Aun− (n = 15–19) compared with computed values for the candidate lowest-energy clusters that give the best fit to the first two major peaks of the measured spectra
| Isomer | VDE |
|
|---|---|---|
| Experimental | Theoretical | |
| Au15a− | 3.65 ± 0.03 | 3.777 |
| Au16a− | 4.03 ± 0.03 | 4.179 |
| Au17a− | 4.08 ± 0.03 | 4.053 |
| Au18b− | 3.32 ± 0.03 | 3.320 |
| Au19a− | 3.74 ± 0.03 | 3.720 |
All energies are in eV.