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Molecular Beam Mass Spectrometry With Tunable Vacuum Ultraviolet (VUV) Synchrotron Radiation
Published on: October 30, 2012
Wave packet study of the UV photodissociation of the Ar2HBr complex
B Pouilly1, M Monnerville, F Gatti
1Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 8523, Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Lasers et Applications, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq Cédex, France. brigitte.pouilly@univ-lille1.fr
Abstract:
The photodissociation dynamics of the Ar2HBr van der Waals molecule is studied using the multiconfiguration time-dependent Hartree method. Standard Jacobian coordinates are used to describe the molecule. Two four-dimensional calculations are carried out where the rotation of the Ar2 molecule and, in addition, either the vibration of Ar2-Br or that of Ar2 are frozen. The time-evolution of the probability density in the different modes and the calculation of the dissociative flux show that the dissociating hydrogen atom preferentially moves out of the plane defined by Ar2 and Br. A comprehensive study of the cage effect in the process is presented.
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