Femtosecond dissociation of ozone studied by the Auger Doppler effect

Abstract

International audienceA Doppler-type shift in the kinetic energy of atomic Auger electrons emitted after fast dissociation of O3 molecules is observed. The resonant Auger spectrum from the decay of repulsive core-excited states reflects both the early molecular ozone decay and that from excited dissociation fragments. The kinetic energy of the fragment is manifested as an energy shift of the atomic Auger lines when the measurement is made under certain conditions. We report measurements of the energy-split atomic fragment emission lines arising from dissociation on a time scale comparable to the core-hole lifetime. For the O 1s–* states the kinetic energy release amounts to several electron volts. We report measurements for excitation of both the terminal and central oxygen 1s electrons. A simple kinematic model for extracting a lower limit for the kinetic-energy release is presented and is compared with the result of a Born–Haber cycle, which may be seen as an estimate of the maximum energy releas

Core excitation in O3 localized to one of two symmetry-equivalent chemical bonds: Molecular alignment through vibronic coupling

“…6 and 7. A fragment Auger electron peak following O T 1s −1 7a 1 1 excitation [4] is shown in Fig. 3.…”

“…The O 2 /O 3 mixture was then distilled to a purity of ≈ 99 %. For further experimental details, see the original paper [4].…”

“…3 were published in [4]. The core-excited state investigated was the O T 1s −1 7a 1 1 at 535.85 eV excitation energy.…”

“…The core-excited state O T 1s −1 7a 1 1 has been shown to be ultra-fast dissociating [4]. Ultra-fast dissociating molecules dissociate on the same time scale as the electronic Auger decay, which is in the femtosecond range.…”

“…Core excited O 3 has been studied both with ion and electron spectroscopy [1,2,3,4,5]. The core-excited state O T 1s −1 7a 1 1 has been shown to be ultra-fast dissociating [4].…”