The ultrafast relaxation of jet-cooled aniline was followed by time-resolved ionization, after excitation in the 294-234 interval. The studied range of energy covers the absorption of the two bright ππ∗ excitations, S(1) and S(3), and the almost dark S(2) (πσ∗) state. The employed probe wavelengths permit to identify different ultrafast time constants related with the coupling of the involved electronic surfaces. A τ(1) = 165 ± 30 fs lifetime is attributed to dynamics along the S(2) (πσ∗) repulsive surface. Other relaxation channels as the S(1)→S(0) and S(3)→S(1) internal conversion are also identified and characterized. The work provides a general view of the photophysics of aniline, particularly regarding the role of the πσ∗ state. This state appears as minor dissipation process due to the ineffective coupling with the bright S(1) and S(3) states, being the S(1)→S(0) internal conversion the main non-radiative process in the full studied energy range. Additionally, the influence of the off-resonance adiabatic excitation of higher energy electronic states, particularly S(3), is also observed and discussed.
The photon spectrum in macrocoherent atomic de-excitation via radiative emission of neutrino pairs (RENP) has been proposed as a sensitive probe of the neutrino mass spectrum, capable of competing with conventional neutrino experiments. In this paper we revisit this interesting proposal in order to quantify the requirements for statistical determination of some of the properties of the neutrino spectrum, in particular the neutrino mass scale and the mass ordering. Our results are shown as the product of the experimental lifetime, the target volume, and the number density of atoms which have to be set in a coherence state with a given electric field in the target, needed for determination of these properties with a given CL.
The evolution of the isolated pyrrole molecule has been followed after excitation in the 265-217 nm range by using femtosecond time delayed ionization. The transients collected in the whole excitation range show the vanishing of the ionization signal in the femtosecond time scale, caused by the relaxation along a πσ(∗) type state (3s a(1)←π 1a(2)), which is the lowest excited electronic state of the molecule. This surface is dissociative along the NH bond, yielding a 15 ± 3 fs lifetime that reflects the loss of the ionization cross-section induced by the ultrafast wavepacket motion. Although a weak πσ(∗) absorption is detected, the state is mainly reached through internal conversion of the higher bright ππ(∗) transitions, which occurs with a 19 ± 3 fs lifetime. In addition to its resonant excitation, the intense ππ(∗) absorption extending in the 220-190 nm interval is also out-of-resonance populated at energies far to the red from its absorption onset. This coherent adiabatic excitation of the ππ(∗) transition should follow the excitation pulse (coherent population return effect), but instead the system relaxes toward the lower πσ(∗) surface through a conical intersection during the interaction time, leading to the population of πσ(∗) state at wavelengths as long as 265 nm. According to the observed behavior, the time evolution of the system in the full excitation range studied is modeled by a coherent treatment that provides key insights on the photophysical properties of the molecule.
The relaxation dynamics of the isolated indole molecule has been tracked by femtosecond time-resolved ionization. The excitation region explored (283-243 nm) covers three excited states: the two ππ* L(b) and L(a) states, and the dark πσ* state with dissociative character. In the low energy region (λ > 273 nm) the transients collected reflect the absorption of the long living L(b) state. The L(a) state is met 1000-1500 cm(-1) above the L(b) origin, giving rise to an ultrafast lifetime of 40 fs caused by the internal conversion to the lower L(b) minimum through a conical intersection. An additional ~400 fs component, found at excitation wavelengths shorter than 263 nm, is ascribed to dynamics along the πσ* state, which is likely populated through coupling to the photoexcited L(a) state. The study provides a general view of the indole photophysics, which is driven by the interplay between these three excited surfaces and the ground state.
Herein, the interpretation of the femtosecond-scale temporal evolution of the pyrrole ion signal, after excitation in the 267-217 nm interval, recently published by our group [R. Montero, A. Peralta Conde, V. Ovejas, M. Fernández-Fernández, F. Castaño, J. R. Vázquez de Aldana, and A. Longarte, J. Chem. Phys. 137, 064317 (2012)] is re-visited. The observation of a shift in the pyrrole(+) transient respect to zero delay reference, initially attributed to ultrafast dynamics on the πσ* type state (3s a1 ← π 1a2), is demonstrated to be caused by the existence of pump + probe populated states, along the ionization process. The influence of these resonances in pump-prone ionization experiments, when multi-photon probes are used, and the significance of a proper zero-time reference, is discussed. The possibility of preparing the πσ* state by direct excitation is investigated by collecting 1 + 1 photoelectron spectra, at excitation wavelengths ranging from 255 to 219 nm. No conclusive evidences of ionization through this state are found.
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