Spectroscopic observation of resonances in the F + H2 reaction
Abstract
Photodetachment spectroscopy of the FH2- and FD2- anions allows for the direct observation of reactive resonances in the benchmark reaction F + H2 → HF + H. Using cooled anion precursors and a high-resolution electron spectrometer, we observe several narrow peaks not seen in previous experiments. Theoretical calculations, based on a highly accurate F + H2 potential energy surface, convincingly assign these peaks to resonances associated with quasibound states in the HF + H and DF + D product arrangements and with a quasibound state in the transition state region of the F + H2 reaction. The calculations also reveal quasibound states in the reactant arrangement, which have yet to be resolved experimentally.
- Publication:
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Science
- Pub Date:
- July 2015
- DOI:
- 10.1126/science.aac6939
- Bibcode:
- 2015Sci...349..510K
- Keywords:
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- CHEMISTRY