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Published on: November 9, 2015
Translational and internal states of hydrogen molecules produced from the ultraviolet photodissociation of amorphous
Tetsuya Hama1, Masaaki Yokoyama, Akihiro Yabushita
1Department of Molecular Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan.
Abstract:
Translationally and internally hot H(2) molecules are produced from the 157 nm photodissociation of amorphous solid methanol at 90 K by two distinct mechanisms: exothermic recombination of two H-atom photoproducts bound to the surface and unimolecular molecular elimination of H(2) from the photoexcited methanol. The vibrationally hot H(2)(v=2-5) products are characterized by high translational and rotational temperatures. A third mechanism, the almost thermoneutral abstraction of a hydrogen atom from methanol parent molecule by the photolytically produced hydrogen atom, yields translationally and rotationally cold H(2)(v=0 and 1) products. Comparison with the results of the vacuum ultraviolet photolysis of water ice is discussed. Production of translationally hot and cold hydrogen atoms is also confirmed.
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