We report on a direct method to measure the internuclear potential energy curve of diatomic systems. A COLTRIMS reaction microscope was used to measure the squares of the vibrational wave functions of H$_{2}$, He$_{2}$, Ne$_{2}$, and Ar$_{2}$. The Schrodinger equation relates the curvature of the wave function to the potential V(R) and therefore offers a simple but elegant way to extract the shape of the potential.
The dicarbon molecular anion is currently of interest as a candidate for laser cooling due to its electronic structure and favorable branching ratios to the ground electronic and vibrational states. Helium has been proposed as a buffer gas to cool the molecules internal motion. We calculate the cross sections and corresponding rates for rovibrational inelastic collisions of the dicarbon anion with He, and also with Ne and Ar, on three-dimensional ab initio potential energy surfaces using quantum scattering theory. The rates for vibrational quenching with He and Ne are very small and are similar to those for small neutral molecules in collision with helium. The quenching rates for Ar, however, are far larger than those with the other noble gases, suggesting that this may be a more suitable gas for driving vibrational quenching in traps. The implications of these results for laser cooling of the dicarbon anion are discussed.
Infrared spectra of Rg1,2 - C6H6 complexes (Rg = He, Ne, Ar) are observed in the region of the nu12 fundamental of C6H6 using a pulsed supersonic jet expansion and a tunable optical parametric oscillator laser source. The mixed trimer He - Ne - C6H6 is also detected. Four bands are analyzed for each complex, namely nu12 itself (~3048 cm-1) and three linked combination bands (~3079, 3100, and 3102 cm-1). The results are consistent with previous ultraviolet and microwave results, with Ne2 - C6H6 and He - Ne - C6H6 being analyzed spectroscopically here for the first time.
Propylene oxide is one of the simplest organic chiral molecules and has attracted considerable interest from the scientific community a few years ago, when it was discovered in the interstellar medium. Here, we report a preliminary study on the interaction between propylene oxide and rare-gas atoms, specifically He, Ne, and Ar. The interaction potentials as a function of the distance between the center-of-mass of propylene oxide and the rare-gas-atom are calculated for fourteen leading configurations at CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ level of theory. Symmetry Adapted Perturbation Theory has been employed for the analysis of the intermolecular potential, revealing that most of the contribution is given by dispersion and exchange forces.
The vibrational quenching cross sections and corresponding low-temperature rate constants for the v = 1 and v = 2 states of CN- colliding with He and Ar atoms have been computed ab initio using new three dimensional potential energy surfaces. Little work has so far been carried out on low-energy vibrationally inelastic collisions for anions with neutral atoms. The cross sections and rates calculated at energies and temperatures relevant for both ion traps and astrochemical modelling, are found by the present calculations to be even smaller than those of the similar C2- /He and C2-/Ar systems which are in turn of the order of those existing for the collisions involving neutral diatom-atom systems. The implications of our finding in the present case rather small computed rate constants are discussed for their possible role in the dynamics of molecular cooling and in the evolution of astrochemical modelling networks.
We study the effect of gas pressure on the generation of high-order harmonics where harmonics due to individual atoms are calculated using the recently developed quantitative rescattering theory, and the propagation of the laser and harmonics in the medium is calculated by solving the Maxwells wave equation. We illustrate that the simulated spectra are very sensitive to the laser focusing conditions at high laser intensity and high pressure since the fundamental laser field is severely reshaped during the propagation. By comparing the simulated results with several experiments we show that the pressure dependence can be qualitatively explained. The lack of quantitative agreement is tentatively attributed to the failure of the complete knowledge of the experimental conditions.
S. Zeller
,M. Kunitski
,J. Voigtsberger
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(2018)
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"Determination of the He-He, Ne-Ne, Ar-Ar, and H$_{2}$ interaction potential by wave function imaging"
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Stefan Zeller
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