State-to-State Dynamical Research in the F+H2 Reaction System [electronic resource] / by Zefeng Ren.
Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. ResearchPublisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014Description: XII, 77 p. 64 illus., 21 illus. in color. online resourceContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9783642397561
- 541 23
- QD450-882

Introduction -- Hydrogen Atom Rydberg Tagging Time-of-Flight Crossed Molecular Beam Apparatus -- Dynamical Resonances in F+H2 Reactions -- The Non-Adiabatic Effects in F(2P)+D2→DF+D.
This thesis addresses two important and also challenging issues in the research of chemical reaction dynamics of F+H2 system. One is to probe the reaction resonance and the other is to determine the extent of the breakdown of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation (BOA) experimentally. The author introduces a state-of-the-art crossed molecular beam-scattering apparatus using a hydrogen atom Rydberg "tagging" time-of-flight method, and presents thorough state-to-state experimental studies to address the above issues. The author also describes the observation of the Feshbach resonance in the F+H2 reaction, a precise measurement of the differential cross section in the F+HD reaction, and validation of a new accurate potential energy surface with spectroscopic accuracy. Moreover, the author determines the reactivity ratio between the ground state F(2P3/2) and the excited state F*(2P1/2) in the F+D2 reaction, and exploits the breakdown of BOA in the low collision energy. .