Department of Chemistry, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA;Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
Abstract:
Excimer laser (ArF) photolysis of diatomic and triatomic hydrides produces hydrogen atoms with translational energies in excess of 15000 cm?1 per atom. Subsequent collisions of these “hot” atoms with CO2 and N2O produces vibrationally excited molecules which can be detected by their characteristic infrared emission.