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Title: Dissociation dynamics of the water dication following one-photon double ionization. I. Theory

Abstract

The measurement of the triple differential cross section in the body frame for double photoionization of a molecule can be made in principle by detecting the ionic fragments and the two photoelectrons in coincidence - but only if the dynamics and geometry of dissociation of the doubly charged molecular ion are known. A classical trajectory study of the nine lowest states of the water dication is presented using high quality ab initio potential-energy surfaces. Sampling from a semiclassical initial distribution of positions and momenta is used to approximate ionization from the Frank-Condon region of the ground vibrational state of neutral H2O. Excellent agreement in comparison with preliminary experimental momentum imaging measurements of double photoionization of water show that eight dication states can be unambiguously identified in the experiment with the aid of theory. In conclusion, the theoretical trajectory results allow body frame measurements of double photoionization to yield all eight states even though the usual assumption of direct dissociation, the "axial recoil" approximation, breaks down for three of the dication electronic states seen in the experiment.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [3];  [1]
  1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)
  2. California State Univ.-Maritime Academy, Vallejo, CA (United States)
  3. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  4. CIMAP, Caen (France)
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Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division
OSTI Identifier:
1506376
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1492127
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review A
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 98; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9926
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS

Citation Formats

Streeter, Zachary L., Yip, Frank L., Lucchese, Robert R., Gervais, Benoit, Rescigno, Thomas N., and McCurdy, C. William. Dissociation dynamics of the water dication following one-photon double ionization. I. Theory. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.98.053429.
Streeter, Zachary L., Yip, Frank L., Lucchese, Robert R., Gervais, Benoit, Rescigno, Thomas N., & McCurdy, C. William. Dissociation dynamics of the water dication following one-photon double ionization. I. Theory. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.98.053429
Streeter, Zachary L., Yip, Frank L., Lucchese, Robert R., Gervais, Benoit, Rescigno, Thomas N., and McCurdy, C. William. Mon . "Dissociation dynamics of the water dication following one-photon double ionization. I. Theory". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.98.053429. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1506376.
@article{osti_1506376,
title = {Dissociation dynamics of the water dication following one-photon double ionization. I. Theory},
author = {Streeter, Zachary L. and Yip, Frank L. and Lucchese, Robert R. and Gervais, Benoit and Rescigno, Thomas N. and McCurdy, C. William},
abstractNote = {The measurement of the triple differential cross section in the body frame for double photoionization of a molecule can be made in principle by detecting the ionic fragments and the two photoelectrons in coincidence - but only if the dynamics and geometry of dissociation of the doubly charged molecular ion are known. A classical trajectory study of the nine lowest states of the water dication is presented using high quality ab initio potential-energy surfaces. Sampling from a semiclassical initial distribution of positions and momenta is used to approximate ionization from the Frank-Condon region of the ground vibrational state of neutral H2O. Excellent agreement in comparison with preliminary experimental momentum imaging measurements of double photoionization of water show that eight dication states can be unambiguously identified in the experiment with the aid of theory. In conclusion, the theoretical trajectory results allow body frame measurements of double photoionization to yield all eight states even though the usual assumption of direct dissociation, the "axial recoil" approximation, breaks down for three of the dication electronic states seen in the experiment.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.98.053429},
journal = {Physical Review A},
number = 5,
volume = 98,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Nov 26 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Mon Nov 26 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}

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