Vector correlations in dissociative photoionization of diatomic molecules in the VUV range: Strong anisotropies in electron emission from spatially oriented NO molecules
A. Lafosse et al., Vector correlations in dissociative photoionization of diatomic molecules in the VUV range: Strong anisotropies in electron emission from spatially oriented NO molecules, PHYS REV L, 84(26), 2000, pp. 5987-5990
Imaging and time-resolved coincidence techniques are combined to determine
ion-electron (<(nu)over right arrow>i, <(nu)over right arrow>(e)) velocity
correlations in dissociative photoionization of diatomic molecules induced
by synchrotron linearly polarized light (P) over right arrow. The (<(nu)ove
r right arrow>(i),<(nu)over right arrow>(e),(P) over right arrow) vector co
rrelation yields the identification of each process, together with the (the
ta(e), phi(e)) electron emission in the molecule frame for each orientation
of the internuclear axis with respect to the polarization. Strong electron
emission anisotropies are observed in the NO molecule frame for the parall
el and the perpendicular transitions of the NO + h nu(22-25 eV) --> NO+(c(3
)Pi) + e --> N+(P-3) + O(P-3) + e reaction.