Rotational alignment in associative desorption of D-2(v''=0 and 1) from Pd(100)

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Wetzig, D [1 ]
Dopheide, R [1 ]
Rutkowski, M [1 ]
David, R [1 ]
Zacharias, H [1 ]
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[1] FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH, FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM, INST GRENZFLACHENFORSCH & VAKUUMPHYS, D-52428 JULICH, GERMANY
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.463
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We report the first measurement of the preferential steric orientation of D-2 molecules associatively desorbing from a metal surface. The flux of D-2 desorbing from Pd(100) is probed by laser induced fluorescence with linearly polarized tunable vacuum ultraviolet radiation in the B (1) Sigma(u)(+)(v',J',M') <-- X(1) Sigma(g)(+)(v '',J '',M '') Lyman bands. In (v '' = 0) an increasing positive alignment with rotational quantum number is observed up to J '' = 6, establishing the preferred helicopter motion of the molecules. In (v '' = 1) and also for (v '' = 0,J '' = 7 and 8) an isotropic J vector distribution is measured.
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