TY - JOUR
T1 - Translational and internal energy distributions of methyl and hydroxyl radicals produced by 157 nm photodissociation of amorphous solid methanol
AU - Hama, Tetsuya
AU - Yokoyama, Masaaki
AU - Yabushita, Akihiro
AU - Kawasaki, Masahiro
AU - Wickramasinghe, Piyumie
AU - Guo, Wei
AU - Loock, Hans-Peter
AU - Ashfold, Michael N. R.
AU - Western, Colin M.
PY - 2009/12/14
Y1 - 2009/12/14
N2 - Methanol is typically observed within water-rich interstellar ices and is a source of interstellar organic species. Following the 157 nm photoexcitation of solid methanol at 90 K, desorbed CH3(v=0) and OH(v=0,1) radicals have been observed in situ, near the solid surface, using resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI) detection methods. Time-of-flight and rotationally resolved REMPI spectra of the desorbed species were measured, and the respective fragment internal energy and kinetic energy distributions were obtained. Photoproduction mechanisms for CH3 and OH radicals from solid methanol are discussed. The formation of O(D-1 and P-3) atoms and H2O was investigated, but the yield of these species was found to be negligible. CH3 products arising following the photoexcitation of water-methanol mixed ice showed similar kinetic and internal energy distributions to those from neat methanol ice.
AB - Methanol is typically observed within water-rich interstellar ices and is a source of interstellar organic species. Following the 157 nm photoexcitation of solid methanol at 90 K, desorbed CH3(v=0) and OH(v=0,1) radicals have been observed in situ, near the solid surface, using resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI) detection methods. Time-of-flight and rotationally resolved REMPI spectra of the desorbed species were measured, and the respective fragment internal energy and kinetic energy distributions were obtained. Photoproduction mechanisms for CH3 and OH radicals from solid methanol are discussed. The formation of O(D-1 and P-3) atoms and H2O was investigated, but the yield of these species was found to be negligible. CH3 products arising following the photoexcitation of water-methanol mixed ice showed similar kinetic and internal energy distributions to those from neat methanol ice.
U2 - 10.1063/1.3259877
DO - 10.1063/1.3259877
M3 - Article (Academic Journal)
C2 - 20001062
VL - 131
SP - -
JO - Journal of Chemical Physics
JF - Journal of Chemical Physics
SN - 0021-9606
IS - 22
M1 - 224512
ER -