Long-lived, highly excited neutral hydrogen atom production following oxygen 1s photoexcitation of gas-phase water molecules

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2011

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Harries, James R
Gejo, T
Honma, T
Kuniwake, M
Sullivan, James
Lebech, M
Azuma, Y

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Institute of Physics Publishing

Abstract

We have studied the production of long-lived, highly excited, neutral hydrogen atom fragments following oxygen 1s inner-shell excitation/ionization of gas-phase water molecules using synchrotron radiation. Striking differences to fragment ion and low-n neutral H yields are observed close to threshold. To investigate the decay pathways involved, the neutral fragments were also detected in coincidence with H+, O2 +, O+ and OH+ fragments.

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Keywords: Fragment ions; Gasphase; Neutral fragments; Neutral hydrogen; Water molecule; Hydrogen; Oxygen; Photoexcitation; Synchrotron radiation; Molecules

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Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

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