Dissociative Photoionization of Methane at the Carbon K-edge
Abstract
We have used soft X-ray radiation from the Advanced Light Source (ALS) in combination with Cold Target Recoil Ion Momentum Spectroscopy (COLTRIMS) to examine the correlated momenta of the photoelectron and molecular fragments arising from the dissociative photoionization of methane. In particular, we are studying (1) molecule frame photoelectron angular distributions as a stringent test of theory and (2) the interplay between electronic and nuclear dynamics through the correlated measurement of vibrationational state population and fragmentation branching ratios and kinetic energy release.
- Publication:
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Journal of Physics Conference Series
- Pub Date:
- November 2012
- DOI:
- 10.1088/1742-6596/388/2/022085
- Bibcode:
- 2012JPhCS.388b2085W