The [1+1] two-photon dissociation dynamics of mass-selected 79Br2 + has been studied in a cold ion beam using a cryogenic cylindrical ion trap velocity map imaging spectrometer. The quartet 14Σ- u;3=2 state of 79Br2 ...The [1+1] two-photon dissociation dynamics of mass-selected 79Br2 + has been studied in a cold ion beam using a cryogenic cylindrical ion trap velocity map imaging spectrometer. The quartet 14Σ- u;3=2 state of 79Br2 + is employed as an intermediate state to initiate resonance enhanced two-photon excitation to high-lying dissociative states in the 4.0-5.0 eV energy region above the ground rovibronic state. Total kinetic energy release (TKER) and the twodimensional recoiling velocity distributions of fragmented 79Br+ ions are measured using the technique of DC-slice velocity map imaging. Branching ratios for individual state-resolved product channels are determined from the TKER spectra. The measured photofragment angular distributions indicate that the dissociation of 79Br2 + occurs in dissociative Ω=3/2 state via ΔΩ=0 parallel transition from the 14Σ-u;3=2 intermediate state. Due to the considerable spin-orbit coupling effects in the excited states of 79Br2 +, higher-lying dissociative quartet states are likely responsible for the observed photodissociation processes.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21773221 and No.21827804),the National Key R&D Program of China(2017YFA0303502),and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China(WK2340000078).
文摘The [1+1] two-photon dissociation dynamics of mass-selected 79Br2 + has been studied in a cold ion beam using a cryogenic cylindrical ion trap velocity map imaging spectrometer. The quartet 14Σ- u;3=2 state of 79Br2 + is employed as an intermediate state to initiate resonance enhanced two-photon excitation to high-lying dissociative states in the 4.0-5.0 eV energy region above the ground rovibronic state. Total kinetic energy release (TKER) and the twodimensional recoiling velocity distributions of fragmented 79Br+ ions are measured using the technique of DC-slice velocity map imaging. Branching ratios for individual state-resolved product channels are determined from the TKER spectra. The measured photofragment angular distributions indicate that the dissociation of 79Br2 + occurs in dissociative Ω=3/2 state via ΔΩ=0 parallel transition from the 14Σ-u;3=2 intermediate state. Due to the considerable spin-orbit coupling effects in the excited states of 79Br2 +, higher-lying dissociative quartet states are likely responsible for the observed photodissociation processes.