Rovibrational energy transfer from the (0/sup 0/, K' = 0) and (7/sup 2/,K' = 0) levels of S/sub 1/ glyoxal in crossed beam collisions with H/sub 2/
Crossed molecular beams have been used to study rotationally and vibrationally inelastic scattering from the (7/sup 2/, K' = 0) and the (0/sup 0/, K' = 0) levels of /sup 1/A/sub u/ (S/sub 1/) trans-glyoxal in collision with H/sub 2/. The center-of-mass collision energy was approximately 80 meV (650 cm/sup -1/). Laser excitation was used to select each of the initial vibrational levels with rotational states limited to J' = 0--10, K' = 0. Dispersed fluorescence was used to monitor quantitatively the final rotational and vibrational levels populated in single collision scattering. Vibrationally inelastic scattering from each initial level has an absolute cross section large enough to allow the process to be observed easily with resolution of accompanying ..delta..K rotational state changes. Although many final vibrational levels are energetically accessible and in principle observable, only those reached by +- 1 quantum changes in the lowest frequency mode, the OHC--CHO torsion ..nu../sub 7/, are seen. From the initial level 7/sup 2/, the cross sections for ..delta..upsilon/sub 7/ = +1 and ..delta..upsilon/sub 7/ = -1 are nearly identical, mirroring the symmetry of UP and DOWN vibrational transitions recently observed in I/sup *//sub 2/ inelastic scattering from H/sub 2/, D/sub 2/, and He. The total cross section for pure rotationally inelastic scattering from 0/sup 0/ is about nine times larger than that for rovibrationally inelastic scattering, whereas the two cross sections are nearly equivalent for 7/sup 2/.
- Research Organization:
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405
- OSTI ID:
- 6918818
- Journal Information:
- J. Chem. Phys.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Chem. Phys.; (United States) Vol. 89:8; ISSN JCPSA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Molecular & Chemical Physics-- Collision Phenomena
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ALDEHYDES
BEAMS
COLLISIONS
ELEMENTS
ENERGY LEVELS
ENERGY TRANSFER
EXCITED STATES
GLYOXAL
HYDROGEN
MOLECULAR BEAMS
MOLECULE COLLISIONS
MOLECULE-MOLECULE COLLISIONS
NONMETALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ROTATIONAL STATES
VIBRATIONAL STATES