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

Ómarsson, Frímann H.; Szymanska-Skolimowska, Ewelina; Mason, Nigel J.; Krishnakumar, E. and Ingólfsson, Oddur (2013). Quantum superposition of target and product states in reactive eectron scattering from CF₄ revealed through velocity slice iImaging. Physical Review Letters, 111(6), article no. 063201.

DOI: https://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 CF⁻₃ anions. These data provide an unprecedented insight into the quantum superposition of the target state and product channels, respectively, of T_d and C_3v symmetry, and shed new light on the dissociation dynamics.

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