Real-time dynamics of clusters. II. I_2X_n (n=1; X=He, Ne, and H_2), picosecond fragmentation
- Creators
- Gutmann, M.
- Willberg, D. M.
- Zewail, A. H.
Abstract
In this second paper (II) of a series, we report our picosecond time-resolved studies of the state-to-state rates of vibrational predissociation in iodine–rare gas (van der Waals) clusters. Particular focus is on the simplest system, I2He, which serves as a benchmark for theoretical modeling. Comparisons with I2Ne and I2H2 are also presented. The results from measurements made in real time are compared with those deduced from linewidth measurements, representing a rare example of a system studied by both methods under identical conditions and excited to the same quantum (v[script ']i) states. The discrepancies are discussed in relation to the origin of the broadening and preparation of the state. The rates as a function of v[script ']i display a nonlinear behavior which is examined in relation to the energy-gap law. The measured absolute rates and their dependence on v[script ']i are compared with numerous calculations invoking classical, quantum, and semiclassical theories. In the following paper (III in this series), the cluster size of the same system, I2Xn, is increased (n=2–4) and the dynamics are studied.
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© 1992 American Institute of Physics (Received 1 July 1992; accepted 25 August 1992) This work was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation (DMR). [M.G. was a] Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft post-doctoral fellow from Germany. Arthur Amos Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics, Contribution number 8638.Attached Files
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
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- Arthur Amos Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics
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- 8638