Presidential Young Investigator/Reactions of Vibrationally Excited Molecules

这一总统青年研究人员奖是实验物理化学计划的一部分，支持化学反应动力学领域的研究。这项研究项目的目的是系统地研究高能分子的反应性，使用特定于状态的方法。可调谐的准分子激光和染料激光将被用来激发一氧化氮到更高的激发振动态。将使用脉冲激光在单次碰撞的基础上观察反应产物，以测量反应概率作为每个反应物量子数的函数。我们将研究自旋-轨道相互作用对反应几率的影响。

This Presidential Young Investigator Award, part of the Experimental Physical Chemistry Program, supports research in the area of chemical reaction dynamics. The purpose of this research project is to systematically study the reactivity of energetic molecules, using state-specific methods. A tunable excimer laser in conjunction with a dye laser will be used to excite nitric oxide to a higher excited vibronic state. The reaction products will be observed on a single collision basis using pulsed lasers to measure reaction probability as a function of each reactant quantum number. The role of spin-orbit interactions on the reaction probability will be investigated.