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Raebiger, Dietz and AlfordVery careful studies 1998 -

All one-photon ionised !

All the papers which claim that a top-down mechanism is the key process creating C60 appear to base this conclusion on intensity distributions which are subject to the skewing indicated above

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Mass Spectra obtained from Allende Meteorite

XB2 MALDI Mass Spectrum showing C2, acetylenic growth pattern

Only C60 and C70 C74 and C76 should be observable !

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XB2 MALDI Mass Spectrum of carbon black soot