Imaging the dynamics of gas phase reactions

MNR Ashfold, NH Nahler, AJ Orr-Ewing… - Physical Chemistry …, 2006 - pubs.rsc.org
Ion imaging methods are making ever greater impact on studies of gas phase molecular
reaction dynamics. This article traces the evolution of the technique, highlights some of the …

Imaging chemical reactions–3D velocity mapping

AI Chichinin, KH Gericke, S Kauczok… - International Reviews in …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Visualising a collision between an atom or a molecule or a photodissociation (half-collision)
of a molecule on a single particle and single quantum level is like watching the collision of …

[HTML][HTML] Invited review article: photofragment imaging

AG Suits - Review of Scientific Instruments, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Photodissociation studies in molecular beams that employ position-sensitive particle
detection to map product recoil velocities emerged thirty years ago and continue to evolve …

Ultrahigh-density spin-polarized H and D observed via magnetization quantum beats

D Sofikitis, CS Kannis, GK Boulogiannis, TP Rakitzis - Physical Review Letters, 2018 - APS
We measure nuclear and electron spin-polarized H and D densities of at least 10 19 cm− 3
with∼ 10 ns lifetimes, from the photodissociation of HBr and DI with circularly polarized UV …

Imaging atomic orbital polarization in photodissociation

AG Suits, OS Vasyutinskii - Chemical reviews, 2008 - ACS Publications
In the late 1980s, Dixon, Hall, Houston, Simons, and others1–6 recognized that experiments
that probe the angular distribution of photofragments with spectroscopic techniques could be …

Ultrahigh-density spin-polarized hydrogen isotopes from the photodissociation of hydrogen halides: new applications for laser-ion acceleration, magnetometry, and …

AK Spiliotis, M Xygkis, ME Koutrakis, K Tazes… - Light: Science & …, 2021 - nature.com
Recently, our group produced spin-polarized hydrogen (SPH) atoms at densities of at least
1019 cm− 3 from the photodissociation of hydrogen halide molecules with circularly …

Highly nuclear-spin-polarized deuterium atoms from the UV photodissociation of deuterium iodide

D Sofikitis, P Glodic, G Koumarianou, H Jiang… - Physical Review Letters, 2017 - APS
We report a novel highly spin-polarized deuterium (SPD) source, via the photodissociation
of deuterium iodide at 270 nm. I (P 2 3/2) photofragments are ionized with m-state selectivity …

Atomic polarization in the photodissociation of diatomic molecules

AP Clark, M Brouard, F Quadrini… - Physical Chemistry …, 2006 - pubs.rsc.org
The angular momentum polarization of atomic photofragments provides a detailed insight
into the dynamics of the photodissociation process. In this article, the origins of electronic …

S (D21) atomic orbital polarization in the photodissociation of OCS at 193nm: Construction of the complete density matrix

SK Lee, R Silva, S Thamanna… - The Journal of …, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
The absolute velocity-dependent alignment and orientation for S (D 2 1) atoms from the
photodissociation of OCS at 193 nm were measured using the dc slice imaging method …

Photodissociation of HBr. 1. Electronic structure, photodissociation dynamics, and vector correlation coefficients

AG Smolin, OS Vasyutinskii… - The Journal of …, 2006 - ACS Publications
Ab initio potential energy curves, transition dipole moments, and spin− orbit coupling matrix
elements are computed for HBr. These are then used, within the framework of time …