Crossed-beam universal-detection reactive scattering of radical beams characterized by laser-induced-fluorescence: The case of C2 and CN

Molecular Physics

Volumn 108, Issue 7-9, 2010, Pages 1097-1113

  Leonori, Francesca ^a   Hickson, Kevin M ^b   Le Picard, Sébastien D ^c   Wang, Xingan ^d   Petrucci, Raffaele ^a   Foggi, Paolo ^a   Balucani, Nadia ^a   Casavecchia, Piergiorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

C2 and CN radicals; Crossed molecular beam technique; Laser induced fluorescence; Radical beams; Reaction dynamics; Reactions of CN with unsaturated hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROCARBONS; LASER OPTICS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUANTUM THEORY; REACTION KINETICS; SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT;

CN RADICALS; CROSSED MOLECULAR BEAMS; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; RADICAL BEAMS; REACTION DYNAMICS; UNSATURATED HYDROCARBONS;

MOLECULAR BEAMS;

EID: 77952895798     PISSN: 00268976     EISSN: 13623028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00268971003657110     Document Type: Article

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