Quantum superposition of target and product states in reactive electron scattering from CF4 revealed through velocity slice imaging

Ómarsson, F.H., Szymanska, E., Mason, Nigel, Krishnakumar, E., Ingólfsson, O. (2013) Quantum superposition of target and product states in reactive electron scattering from CF4 revealed through velocity slice imaging. Physical Review Letters, 111 (6). (doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.063201) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:74718)

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.063201

Abstract

Exploiting the technique of velocity slice imaging, we have performed a detailed study of reactive electron scattering with CF4. We have measured the electron impact energy dependence of both the angular and kinetic energy distributions of the channels yielding F- and CF3- anions. These data provide an unprecedented insight into the quantum superposition of the target state and product channels, respectively, of Td and C 3v symmetry, and shed new light on the dissociation dynamics.

Item Type:	Article
DOI/Identification number:	10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.063201
Uncontrolled keywords:	Dissociation dynamics, Electron impact energy, Kinetic energy distributions, Product channel, Product state, Quantum superpositions, Target state, Velocity slice imaging, Electron scattering, Kinetics, Quantum theory
Institutional Unit:	Schools > School of Engineering, Mathematics and Physics > Physics and Astronomy
Former Institutional Unit:	Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Depositing User:	Nigel Mason
Date Deposited:	16 Jul 2019 13:16 UTC
Last Modified:	20 May 2025 09:45 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/74718 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Mason, Nigel.

Creator's ORCID:	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4468-8324
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