Electronic structure of NdO via slow photoelectron velocity-map imaging spectroscopy of NdO–

Babin, Mark C.; DeWitt, Martin; DeVine, Jessalyn A.; McDonald II, David C.; Ard, Shaun G.; Shuman, Nicholas S.; Viggiano, Albert A.; Cheng, Lan; Neumark, Daniel M.

doi:10.1063/5.0063307

Title: Electronic structure of NdO via slow photoelectron velocity-map imaging spectroscopy of NdO^–

Journal Article · 19 September 2021 · Journal of Chemical Physics

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0063307 · OSTI ID:1868363

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Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Johns Hopkins University
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Air Force Research Lab. (AFRL), Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Electronically excited NdO is a possible product of the chemistry associated with the release of Nd into the ionosphere, and emission from these states may contribute to the observations following such experiments. To better characterize the energetics and spectroscopy of NdO, we report a combined experimental and theoretical study using slow photoelectron velocity-map imaging spectroscopy of cryogenically cooled NdO^– anions (cryo-SEVI) supplemented by wave function-based quantum-chemical calculations. Using cryo-SEVI, we measure the electron affinity of NdO to be 1.0091(7) eV and resolve numerous transitions to low-lying electronic and vibrational states of NdO that are assigned with the aid of the electronic structure calculations. Additionally, temperature-dependent data suggest contributions from the (2)4.5 state of NdO^– residing 2350 cm^–1 above the ground anion state. Finally, photodetachment to higher-lying excited states of NdO is also reported, which may help to clarify observations from prior release experiments.

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Research Organization:: Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); US Army Research Office (ARO)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0020317

OSTI ID:: 1868363

Journal Information:: Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Chemical Physics Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 155; ISSN 0021-9606

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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