Native frames: Analyzing three-body fragmentation of CO$_2$

POSTER

Abstract

Three-body fragmentation of molecules, and methods to analyze and interpret the results, have drawn much attention during the past several years. In this work, we employ the novel native-frames method to analyze and understand three-body fragmentation processes in CO$_2$. In our measurements, 3D momentum imaging is used to study different fragmentation channels resulting from the interaction of intense laser pulses with polyatomic molecules such as CO$_2$ and its ions . We demonstrate that, using the native-frames method, one gains access to detailed information about the fragmentation process by completely separating the concerted and sequential breakup contributions. We present the branching ratios of different competing processes as well as the angular dependence of the breakup channels. Also, the kinetic energy release in the fragmentation process is used to identify the states, of the parent or intermediate molecule, that are involved in the breakup.

Authors

  • Peyman Feizollah

    J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA, J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS, USA

  • Travis Severt

    J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA, J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Physics Department, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA, J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS, USA, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS, USA, J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506

  • Bethany Jochim

    J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA, J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS, USA

  • Ben Berry

    J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA, J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS, USA

  • Kanaka Raju Pandiri

    J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA, J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS, USA, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS, USA, J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506

  • M. Zohrabi

    J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA

  • Jyoti Rajput

    J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA, J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506

  • U. Ablikim

    J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA

  • B. Kaderiya

    J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA, J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS, USA, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS, USA

  • Farzaneh Ziaee

    J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA, J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS, USA, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS, USA, J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506

  • Artem Rudenko

    J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA, Kansas State University, J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS, USA, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS, USA, J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506

  • Daniel Rolles

    J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA, J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS, USA, J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Kansas State University, J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506

  • K. D. Carnes

    J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA, J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS, USA

  • B. D. Esry

    Kansas State University, J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA, J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS, USA

  • Itzik Ben-Itzhak

    J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA, J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS, USA, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS, USA, J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506