Highly excited hydrogen molecules desorbed from a surface: Experimental results
Highly excited hydrogen molecules desorbed from a surface: Experimental results
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从表面解吸的高度激发的氢分子:实验结果
DOI:
10.1063/1.468242
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发表时间:
1994
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
R. Hall
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作者:
C. Schermann;F. Pichou;M. Landau;I. Čadež;R. Hall
The rovibrational excitation of hydrogen molecules resulting from recombination of atoms on a metallic surface has been observed by means of an electronic collision method. We present the obtained H− experimental spectra reflecting the vibrational populations of the desorbed hydrogen molecules. This study brings to light the fundamental role of the nature of the metallic surface in the recombination process: excitation of higher vibrational levels (from v=5 to v=8) is observed only on those metal surfaces which strongly chemisorb atomic hydrogen. To explain these observations we propose the formation, on these surfaces, of a physisorbed H layer on the chemisorbed one.