Imaging the state-to-state charge-transfer dynamics between the spin-orbit excited Ar⁺(²P_1/2) ion and N₂.

ABSTRACT: Ar⁺+N₂ → Ar+N₂⁺ has served as a paradigm for charge-transfer dynamics studies during the last several decades. Despite significant experimental and theoretical efforts on this model system, state-resolved experimental investigations on the microscopic charge-transfer mechanism between the spin-orbit excited Ar⁺(²P_1/2) ion and N₂ have been rare. Here, we measure the first quantum state-to-state differential cross sections for Ar⁺+N₂ → Ar+N₂⁺ with the Ar⁺ ion prepared exclusively in the spin-orbit excited state ²P_1/2 on a crossed-beam setup with three-dimensional velocity-map imaging. Trajectory surface-hopping calculations quali

SUBMITTER: Zhang G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11258295 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature