Dissociation dynamics of HCN(DCN) following photoexcitation at 121.6 nm

Autor:	I. R. Lambert, Gregory P. Morley, Keith N. Rosser, Colin M. Western, Michael N. R. Ashfold
Rok vydání:	1992
Předmět:	education.field_of_study Chemistry Population Photodissociation General Physics and Astronomy Photoexcitation Crystallography Excited state Potential energy surface Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Atomic physics Rydberg state education Ground state Spectroscopy
Zdroj:	The Journal of Chemical Physics. 97:3157-3165
ISSN:	1089-7690 0021-9606
DOI:	10.1063/1.463002
Popis:	The technique of H(D) atom photofragment translational spectroscopy has been applied to the photodissociation of HCN(DCN) at 121.6 nm. Analyses of the H(D) atom time‐of‐flight spectra reveal the partner CN fragment to be formed predominantly in its A 2Π excited electronic state. Branching into the H/D+CN(B 2∑+) product channel accounts for a few percent of the total fragment yield, but we discern no evidence for any contribution from the product channel yielding H/D atoms in conjunction with ground state CN(X 2∑+) fragments. The majority of the CN (A) fragments are formed in their v’=0 level but with a markedly bimodal rotational state population distribution. This bimodality has been rationalized in the light of the available information regarding the form of the potential energy surface of the excited 1Π state of HCN(DCN) populated following photoexcitation at 121.6 nm.
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