Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol.105, No.24, 10803-10811, 1996
Translational Spectroscopy Studies of the Photodissociation Dynamics of O-4(-)
An investigation of the photodissociation dynamics of the dimer anion O-4(-) at 523.6, 349.0, and 261.8 nm is reported. Product translational energy and angular distributions have been obtained using photofragment translational spectroscopy in a fast ion beam. At all wavelengths photodissociation (O-4(-)+h nu-->O-2+O-2(-)) is observed to proceed via a rapid parallel electronic transition, with the photofragment angular distribution strongly peaked along the laser electric vector. The lowest energy photodissociation channel produces O-2(a(1) Delta(g)) and ground state O-2(-)(X(2) Pi(g)), indicating that O-4(-) is a doublet anion. The partitioning of energy in the dissociation reveals a complicated wavelength dependence.
Keywords:MOLECULAR NEGATIVE-IONS;FLIGHT MASS-SPECTROMETER;DISSOCIATIVE PHOTODETACHMENT;ELECTRON-AFFINITY;ENERGY;SPECTRA;TIME;DISTRIBUTIONS;TRANSITION;CLUSTERS