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Title: Measurement of Br photofragment orientation and alignment from HBr photodissociation: Production of highly spin-polarized hydrogen atoms

Journal Article · · Journal of Chemical Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1794691· OSTI ID:20658012
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  1. Department of Physics, University of Crete, P.O. 2208, 71003 Voutes-Heraklion (Greece)

The orientation and alignment of the {sup 2}P{sub 3/2} and {sup 2}P{sub 1/2} Br photofragments from the photodissociation of HBr is measured at 193 nm in terms of a{sub q}{sup (k)}(p) parameters, using slice imaging. The A {sup 1}{pi} state is excited almost exclusively, and the measured a{sub q}{sup (k)}(p) parameters and the spin-orbit branching ratio show that the dissociation proceeds predominantly via nonadiabatic transitions to the a {sup 3}{pi} and 1 {sup 3}{sigma}{sup +} states. Conservation of angular momentum shows that the electrons of the nascent H atom cofragments (recoiling parallel to the photolysis polarization) are highly spin polarized: about 100% for the Br({sup 2}P{sub 1/2}) channel, and 86% for the Br({sup 2}P{sub 3/2}) channel. A similar analysis is demonstrated for the photodissociation of HCl.

OSTI ID:
20658012
Journal Information:
Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 121, Issue 15; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.1794691; (c) 2004 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-9606
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English