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Communication: Three-fold covariance imaging of laser-induced Coulomb explosions
- Source :
- The Journal of Chemical Physics. 144(16)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- We apply a three-fold covariance imaging method to analyse previously acquired data [C. S. Slater et al., Phys. Rev. A 89, 011401(R) (2014)] on the femtosecond laser-induced Coulomb explosion of spatially pre-aligned 3,5-dibromo-3′,5′-difluoro-4′-cyanobiphenyl molecules. The data were acquired using the “Pixel Imaging Mass Spectrometry” camera. We show how three-fold covariance imaging of ionic photofragment recoil trajectories can be used to provide new information about the parent ion’s molecular structure prior to its Coulomb explosion. In particular, we show how the analysis may be used to obtain information about molecular conformation and provide an alternative route for enantiomer determination.
- Subjects :
- Chemistry
Coulomb explosion
General Physics and Astronomy
02 engineering and technology
Covariance
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
01 natural sciences
Mass spectrometry imaging
Ion
Recoil
0103 physical sciences
Femtosecond
Coulomb
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Atomic physics
010306 general physics
0210 nano-technology
Spectroscopy
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10897690 and 00219606
- Volume :
- 144
- Issue :
- 16
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6ab89e3e30f41b9f399f4b62d699d3fa