Filming Enhanced Ionization in an Ultrafast Triatomic Slingshot

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Filming Enhanced Ionization in an Ultrafast Triatomic Slingshot
المؤلفون: Howard, A. J., Britton, M., Streeter, Z. L., Cheng, C., Forbes, R., Reynolds, J. L., Allum, F., McCracken, G. A., Gabalski, I., Lucchese, R. R., McCurdy, C. W., Weinacht, T., Bucksbaum, P. H.
سنة النشر: 2022
المجموعة: Physics (Other)
Quantum Physics
مصطلحات موضوعية: Physics - Chemical Physics, Physics - Atomic Physics, Physics - Optics, Quantum Physics
الوصف: Filming atomic motion within molecules is an active pursuit of molecular physics and quantum chemistry. A promising method is laser-induced Coulomb Explosion Imaging (CEI) where a laser pulse rapidly ionizes many electrons from a molecule, causing the remaining ions to undergo Coulomb repulsion. The ion momenta are used to reconstruct the molecular geometry which is tracked over time (i.e. filmed) by ionizing at an adjustable delay with respect to the start of interatomic motion. Results are distorted, however, by ultrafast motion during the ionizing pulse. We studied this effect in water and filmed the rapid "slingshot" motion that enhances ionization and distorts CEI results. Our investigation uncovered both the geometry and mechanism of the enhancement which may inform CEI experiments in many other polyatomic molecules.
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2210.13645
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2210.13645
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv