Issue 12, 2003

Rotationally resolved reaction product imaging using crossed molecular beams

Abstract

The hydrogen abstraction reactions of atomic chlorine with ethane and n-butane are studied in a skimmerless crossed molecular beam experiment by imaging of state-selected products. The differential cross section for HCl(v = 0, J = 1–5) product is directly determined from the product velocity map image. The state selection of products is achieved using (2 + 1) resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization, a method generally not used in crossed-molecular beam experiments due to sensitivity problems. This technique opens the way for a plethora of polyatomic reactions (involving more than three atoms) to be studied with scattering angle and rotational resolution.

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
20 Mar 2003
Accepted
07 May 2003
First published
14 May 2003

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2003,5, 2481-2483

Rotationally resolved reaction product imaging using crossed molecular beams

R. L. Toomes and T. N. Kitsopoulos, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2003, 5, 2481 DOI: 10.1039/B303166G

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