REMPI AND IMAGING STUDIES OF SINGLET O₂ FOLLOWING SPIN-FORBIDDEN PHOTODISSOCIATION OF OZONE

Aardema, Megan

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REMPI AND IMAGING STUDIES OF SINGLET O₂ FOLLOWING SPIN-FORBIDDEN PHOTODISSOCIATION OF OZONE

Author(s)

Aardema, Megan

Contributor(s)

• North, Simon
• Meas, Benjamen
• Fast, Megan

Issue Date

2023-06-23

Keyword(s)

Photodissociation and photochemistry

Abstract

Ozone photodissociation in the Hartley (200-300 nm) and Huggins (310-370 nm) bands has been the focus of numerous studies due to its critical role in atmospheric chemistry. While Hartley band dissociation occurs primarily through two spin-allowed dissociation channels, three additional spin-forbidden channels have previously been observed following dissociation in the Huggins band. We report 1-D and 2-D REMPI spectra and velocity-mapped ion images of O₂(a¹∆g) and O₂(b¹Σ⁺) fragments following spin-forbidden dissociation in the Huggins band. We have previously observed a preference for the formation of even rotational states of O₂(a¹∆g) arising from Hartley band dissociation due to a Λ-doublet propensity. In the Huggins band, however, odd rotational states are enhanced in the REMPI spectrum, which we attribute to greater coupling between the initial excited state of O₃ and ³A′′ states producing odd rotational states of O₂(a¹∆g), than between the initial excited state and ³A′ states producing even rotational states. Ion image angular distributions of the O₂(a¹∆g) fragment in odd and even rotational states showed significant differences following Hartley band dissociation, supporting the Λ-doublet propensity model, but are indistinguishable following Huggins band dissociations. This supports a preference for the A′ Λ-doublet and even rotational states following O₃ transitions from the B state to ³A′ states and a preference for the A′′ Λ-doublet and odd rotational states following O₃ transitions from the B state to the ³A′′ states, but indicates that in the Huggins band, the A′′ Λ-doublet does not originate from a warmer distribution of parent molecules as seen in the Hartley band. 2D-REMPI allows simultaneous measurements of the rotational distributions for v=0-2 of the b¹Σ⁺ state as well as v=0 of the a¹∆g state. The relative signal in v=0-2 of the b¹Σ⁺ can provide information about the vibrational distribution, and rotational state distributions of each vibrational state can be fit individually. Spectra indicate a broad rotational distribution of the O₂(a¹∆g) fragment and a narrow distribution of the O₂(b¹Σ⁺) fragment. While determination of the O₂(a¹∆g) rotational distribution is limited due to the highly perturbed resonant state accessed in the REMPI scheme, a broad distribution is additionally supported by the multimodality of the radial distributions in the ion images.

Publisher

International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy

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Text

Language

eng

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/122401

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