Two-body dissociation of formic acid following double ionization by ultrafast laser pulses

Severt, T.; Daugaard, Darwin R.; Townsend, Tiana; Ziaee, F.; Borne, K.; Bhattacharyya, S.; Carnes, K. D.; Rolles, D.; Rudenko, A.; Wells, E.; Ben-Itzhak, I.

doi:10.1103/physreva.105.053112

Two-body dissociation of formic acid following double ionization by ultrafast laser pulses

Journal Article · Thu May 12 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Physical Review A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.105.053112· OSTI ID:1979617

Severt, T. ^[1]; ^[2]; Townsend, Tiana ^[3]; Ziaee, F. ^[4]; Borne, K. ^[4]; ^[4]; ^[4]; Rolles, D. ^[4]; Rudenko, A. ^[4]; ^[3]; ^[4]

Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States). J.R. Macdonald Lab.; OSTI
Augustana Univ., Sioux Falls, SD (United States); Dell Rapids High School, Dell Rapids, SD (United States)
Augustana Univ., Sioux Falls, SD (United States)
Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States). J.R. Macdonald Lab.

We studied the fragmentation of planar formic acid (HCOOH) molecules following their double ionization by intense ultrashort laser pulses. Deuterium tagging (i.e., HCOOD) combined with coincidence momentum imaging measurements of all fragment ions enabled determination of the role of the hydroxyl and carboxyl hydrogen atoms in the breakup. Specifically, we observe a strong preference for the hydroxyl (OD) group to remain intact in a $${\mathrm{HCOOD}}^{2+}{\rightarrow}{\mathrm{OD}}^{+}+{\mathrm{HCO}}^{+}$$ fragmentation, which is an order of magnitude more likely than $${\mathrm{OH}}^{+}+{\mathrm{DCO}}^{+}$$. An even larger preference for breaking the H-C bond over the O-H bond is observed in the $${\mathrm{H}}^{+}+{\mathrm{DCO}}_{2}^{+}$$ and $${\mathrm{D}}^{+}+{\mathrm{HCO}}_{2}^{+}$$ deprotonation channels. Bond rearrangement, leading to $${\mathrm{H}}_{2}^{+}$$ or $${\mathrm{H}}_{2}{\mathrm{O}}^{+}$$ formation, exhibits no isotopic preference. The kinetic-energy-release distributions of the $${\mathrm{OH}}^{+}+{\mathrm{DCO}}^{+}$$ and $${\mathrm{O}}^{+}+{\mathrm{H}}_{2}{\mathrm{CO}}^{+}$$ breakup channels suggest that more than one process contributes to these final products, although further theoretical work is needed to identify the specific paths.

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Research Organization:: Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States); Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division (CSGB); National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-86ER13491; SC0019451; SC0020276

OSTI ID:: 1979617

Journal Information:: Physical Review A, Journal Name: Physical Review A Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 105; ISSN 2469-9926

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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