TY - JOUR
T1 - The breaking of the backward-forward symmetry in the angular distribution of mj-selected photofragments
AU - Pe'er, Asaf
AU - Shapiro, Moshe
AU - Balint-Kurti, Gabriel G.
PY - 1999/6/22
Y1 - 1999/6/22
N2 - We present calculations on the angular distributions of mj-selected photofragments (with mj being the projection of the fragments' internal angular momentum on a space-fixed z-axis). We show that the proper analysis of such experiments [based on G. G. Balint-Kurti and M. Shapiro, Chem. Phys. 61, 137 (1981)], involves coherent λ≠λ′ terms (with λ - the "helicity" - being the projection of the fragment angular momentum on the recoil direction). The involvement of these coherent terms leads, amongst other things, to the creation of "orientation," i.e., the backward-forward asymmetry, in the fragments' angular distributions. Thus we demonstrate that the detection of polarization in one (internal) variable - the internal rotation, creates a correlated orientation in another (external) variable - the recoil angular distribution.
AB - We present calculations on the angular distributions of mj-selected photofragments (with mj being the projection of the fragments' internal angular momentum on a space-fixed z-axis). We show that the proper analysis of such experiments [based on G. G. Balint-Kurti and M. Shapiro, Chem. Phys. 61, 137 (1981)], involves coherent λ≠λ′ terms (with λ - the "helicity" - being the projection of the fragment angular momentum on the recoil direction). The involvement of these coherent terms leads, amongst other things, to the creation of "orientation," i.e., the backward-forward asymmetry, in the fragments' angular distributions. Thus we demonstrate that the detection of polarization in one (internal) variable - the internal rotation, creates a correlated orientation in another (external) variable - the recoil angular distribution.
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U2 - 10.1063/1.479132
DO - 10.1063/1.479132
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AN - SCOPUS:0000444944
SN - 0021-9606
VL - 110
SP - 11928
EP - 11935
JO - Journal of Chemical Physics
JF - Journal of Chemical Physics
IS - 24
ER -