Spectroscopy of the Transition State Region in Chemical Reactions
Abstract
During the three years of this grant, a negative ion time-of-flight photoelectron spectrometer was constructed and used in a series of novel experiments designed to probe the transition state region in chemical reactions. In addition, conventional photoelectron spectra of several anions with high electron binding energies were obtained. Cold negative ions are produced in an ion source based on a pulsed free jet expansion. The ions are mass selected using a time of flight mass spectrometer. Ions of the desired mass are then photodetached with a pulsed, fixed-frequency laser, and the kinetic energy distribution of the ejected photoelectrons is determined by a second time-of- flight system. This allows us to map out the vibrational and electronic energy levels of the neutral species created by photodetachment of the mass-selected anions.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 31, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA244174
Entities
People
- Daniel Neumark
Organizations
- University of California, Berkeley