(2+1) REMPI (Resonant-Enhanced Multiphoton Ionization) NO Via the D 2 Sigma(+) State: Rotational Branching Ratios

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Abstract:

Recent photoelectron spectroscopic studies in a 21 REMPI of Nitrogen Oxide via the Rydberg D2 sigma state have revealed anomalous ionic rotational branching ratios. We have performed ab initio calculations of these branching ratios and find that the molecular nature of the ionization continuum plays an essential role in the dynamics. Even though the bound orbital is very atomic-like 98 p-like, the photoelectron continuum wavefunction is quite sensitive to the non-spherical nature of the molecular ionic potential and causes a strong persistence of the p-partial wave which, in turn, leads to delta NO peak. Reprints.

Author(s):
Rudolph, H. ; Dixit, S. N. ; Mckoy, V. ; Huo, Winifred M.
Author Organization(s):
CALIFORNIA INST OF TECH PASADENA ARTHUR AMOS NOYES LAB OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Descriptive Note:
Report for 1 Nov 1987-1988
Supplementary Note:
Pub. in Chemical Physics Letters, v137 n6 p521-523, 3 Jul 1987. Sponsored in part by grant NSF CHE-8521391, Prepared in cooperation with NASA-Ames Research Center MS230-3, Moffett Field, CA.
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0004

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
AFOSR-TR-89-0168
Contract/Grant Number(s):
AFOSR-87-0039
Task Number(s):
B3
Project Number(s):
2303
Monitor Series:
TR-89-0168, AFOSR
 Subject Terms
Modernization Areas:
Quantum Science and Computing
Communities of Interest:
Energy and Power Technologies
Descriptor(s):
*NITROGEN OXIDES, *DYNAMICS, *IONIZATION, WAVE FUNCTIONS, PHOTOELECTRONS, SPECTROSCOPY, REPRINTS, SENSITIVITY
Field(s)/Group(s):
Inorganic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry
Keyword(s):
PE61102F, WUAFOSR2303B3
Report Date:
1988 Dec 14