中国物理B ›› 2014, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (5): 53403-053403.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/23/5/053403

• ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS • 上一篇    下一篇

Decay pathways of superexcited states of nitrous oxide

林梅a, 刘亚伟a, 钟志萍b, 朱林繁a   

  1. a Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China;
    b School of Physical Sciences, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 收稿日期:2013-11-03 修回日期:2014-01-03 出版日期:2014-05-15 发布日期:2014-05-15
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants Nos. U1332204, 11274291, and 11074299), the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2010CB923301), the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China, and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Ministry of Education of China.

Decay pathways of superexcited states of nitrous oxide

Lin Mei (林梅)a, Liu Ya-Wei (刘亚伟)a, Zhong Zhi-Ping (钟志萍)b, Zhu Lin-Fan (朱林繁)a   

  1. a Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China;
    b School of Physical Sciences, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2013-11-03 Revised:2014-01-03 Online:2014-05-15 Published:2014-05-15
  • Contact: Zhu Lin-Fan E-mail:lfzhu@ustc.edu.cn
  • About author:34.80.Gs; 32.70.Cs; 33.80.Eh; 33.20.Ni
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants Nos. U1332204, 11274291, and 11074299), the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2010CB923301), the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China, and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Ministry of Education of China.

摘要: The ionization and ionic dissociation of the superexcited state of N2O are studied by using electron energy loss spectroscopy and positive ion time-of-flight mass spectroscopy at different momentum transfers; that is, 0 and 0.23 a.u. (atomic unit). The transitions at 13.8 eV and 14.0 eV are reassigned as 3pπ (000) and 3pσ (000) converging to A2Σ+, respectively. The competition between the main decay pathways of superexcited states at different momentum transfers is revealed. It is found that 3dσ converging to C2Σ+ mainly decays into N2O+ while 4dσ can decay into both N2O+ and NO+.

关键词: ionization continuum, superexcited states, decay channel, nitrous oxide

Abstract: The ionization and ionic dissociation of the superexcited state of N2O are studied by using electron energy loss spectroscopy and positive ion time-of-flight mass spectroscopy at different momentum transfers; that is, 0 and 0.23 a.u. (atomic unit). The transitions at 13.8 eV and 14.0 eV are reassigned as 3pπ (000) and 3pσ (000) converging to A2Σ+, respectively. The competition between the main decay pathways of superexcited states at different momentum transfers is revealed. It is found that 3dσ converging to C2Σ+ mainly decays into N2O+ while 4dσ can decay into both N2O+ and NO+.

Key words: ionization continuum, superexcited states, decay channel, nitrous oxide

中图分类号:  (Molecular excitation and ionization)

  • 34.80.Gs
32.70.Cs (Oscillator strengths, lifetimes, transition moments) 33.80.Eh (Autoionization, photoionization, and photodetachment) 33.20.Ni (Vacuum ultraviolet spectra)