U.S.-France Cooperative Research: Laser Excitation of Van der Waals Complexes of Metal Atoms with H2

这个为期三年的奖项支持美国-法国合作研究 实验物理化学 以及犹他州大学和伯努瓦·苏普的研究生 和巴黎大学的克里斯托夫·朱韦，奥赛。 的 研究人员建议开发新的技术来探测 电子激发金属半碰撞反应动力学 原子的 Breckenridge博士为这次合作带来了他的专业知识， 光谱学和化学动力学。 他的实验室开发了 合成涉及金属原子的络合物的能力与纯 氢气 法国调查人员补充说， 专业知识和能力进行实验，涉及 皮秒激光系统 这些实验将提供 关于发生在地球上的物理和化学过程的信息 金属原子的表面。 通过将他们的工作扩展到皮科- 第二个区域，调查人员将能够描述一些 在原子/原子之间发生的较慢的动力学过程 碰撞。

This three-year award supports U.S.-France cooperative research in experimental physical chemistry involving William Breckenridge and graduate students at the University of Utah and Benoit Soep and Christophe Jouvet at the University of Paris, Orsay. The investigators propose to develop new techniques for probing the reaction dynamics of half collisions of electronically excited metal atoms. Dr. Breckenridge brings to this collaboration his expertise in spectroscopy and chemical dynamics. His laboratory has developed the ability to synthesize complexes involving metal atoms with pure hydrogen. This is complemented by the French investigators' expertise and capabilities for conducting experiments involving a pico-second laser system. These experiments will provide information about physical and chemical processes that occur on the surfaces of metal atoms. By extending their work to the pico- second region, the investigators will be able to characterize some of the slower dynamical processes which occur during atom/atom collisions.