Strong-field dissociative ionization of a linear triatomic molecule: Relationship between Coulomb-explosion energies and bond angle
- Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742 (United States)
Correlation images of the symmetric six-electron Coulomb-explosion channel of CO{sub 2} were used to isolate specific geometries (linear and bent) for angular-resolved analysis of the Coulomb-explosion energy in the framework of both the critical radius R{sub c} and dynamic screening models. We show that it is possible to connect the R{sub c} and screening pictures through a single parameter, a charge defect {sigma}, which depends on the charge state and the ratio between R{sub c} and the equilibrium bond length. Our data show that R{sub c} and hence {sigma} are slow varying functions of bond angle between 145 deg. and 180 deg. with R{sub c}{approx}4 a.u. and {sigma}{approx}0.5 for the symmetric six-electron channel of CO{sub 2}. In the R{sub c} picture, the experimental value for R{sub c} is consistent with a theoretical value associated with CO{sub 2}{sup 3+}, which is considerably smaller than that associated with CO{sub 2}{sup +}({approx}6 a.u.)
- OSTI ID:
- 20640503
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. A, Vol. 68, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.68.063408; (c) 2003 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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