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Title: Coulomb-explosion imaging of concurrent CH 2 BrI photodissociation dynamics

Journal Article · · Physical Review A
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  1. Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom). The Chemistry Research Lab.
  2. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany)
  3. Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom). The Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Lab.
  4. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany); Max Planck Inst. for Biophysical Chemistry, Gottingen (Germany); Univ. of Gottingen (Germany). Inst. of X-ray Physics
  5. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany). Center for Free-Electron Laser Science; Univ. Hamburg (Germany). Center for Ultrafast Imaging; Univ. Hamburg (Germany)
  6. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany). Center for Free-Electron Laser Science; Univ. Hamburg (Germany). Center for Ultrafast Imaging
  7. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany). Center for Free-Electron Laser Science
  8. Aarhus Univ. (Denmark)
  9. Sorbonne Univ., Paris (France). Lab. de Chimie Physique-Matiere et Rayonnement
  10. Sorbonne Univ., Paris (France). Lab. de Chimie Physique-Matiere et Rayonnement; Uppsala Univ. (Sweden)
  11. Max Born Inst., Berlin (Germany)
  12. Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Saclay (France); Univ. Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette (France). LIDYL
  13. Univ. of College London (United Kingdom)
  14. Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Daresbury (United Kingdom). Daresbury Lab.
  15. St. Petersburg State Univ. (Russia)
  16. Lund Univ. (Sweden)
  17. Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States). J.R. Macdonald Lab.

The dynamics following laser-induced molecular photodissociation of gas-phase CH2BrI at 271.6 nm were investigated by time-resolved Coulomb-explosion imaging using intense near-IR femtosecond laser pulses. Furthermore, the observed delay-dependent photofragment momenta reveal that CH2BrI undergoes C-I cleavage, depositing 65.6% of the available energy into internal product states, and that absorption of a second UV photon breaks the C-Br bond of CH2Br. Simulations confirm that this mechanism is consistent with previous data recorded at 248 nm, demonstrating the sensitivity of Coulomb-explosion imaging as a real-time probe of chemical dynamics.

Research Organization:
Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
German Research Foundation (DFG); Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division; USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
FG02-86ER13491; 05K10KT2; EP/G00224X/1; EP/L005913/1; DFG-EXC1074
OSTI ID:
1540659
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1399807
Journal Information:
Physical Review A, Vol. 96, Issue 4; ISSN 2469-9926
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 36 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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