1. A localized view on molecular dissociation via electron-ion partial covariance
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Allum, Felix, Music, Valerija, Inhester, Ludger, Boll, Rebecca, Erk, Benjamin, Schmidt, Philipp, Baumann, Thomas M., Brenner, Günter, Burt, Michael, Demekhin, Philipp V., Dörner, Simon, Ehresmann, Arno, Galler, Andreas, Grychtol, Patrik, Heathcote, David, Kargin, Denis, Larsson, Mats, Lee, Jason W. L., Li, Zheng, Manschwetus, Bastian, Marder, Lutz, Mason, Robert, Meyer, Michael, Otto, Huda, Passow, Christopher, Pietschnig, Rudolf, Ramm, Daniel, Schubert, Kaja, Schwob, Lucas, Thomas, Richard D., Vallance, Claire, Vidanović, Igor, von Korff Schmising, Clemens, Wagner, René, Walter, Peter, Zhaunerchyk, Vitali, Rolles, Daniel, Bari, Sadia, Brouard, Mark, Ilchen, Markus, Allum, Felix, Music, Valerija, Inhester, Ludger, Boll, Rebecca, Erk, Benjamin, Schmidt, Philipp, Baumann, Thomas M., Brenner, Günter, Burt, Michael, Demekhin, Philipp V., Dörner, Simon, Ehresmann, Arno, Galler, Andreas, Grychtol, Patrik, Heathcote, David, Kargin, Denis, Larsson, Mats, Lee, Jason W. L., Li, Zheng, Manschwetus, Bastian, Marder, Lutz, Mason, Robert, Meyer, Michael, Otto, Huda, Passow, Christopher, Pietschnig, Rudolf, Ramm, Daniel, Schubert, Kaja, Schwob, Lucas, Thomas, Richard D., Vallance, Claire, Vidanović, Igor, von Korff Schmising, Clemens, Wagner, René, Walter, Peter, Zhaunerchyk, Vitali, Rolles, Daniel, Bari, Sadia, Brouard, Mark, and Ilchen, Markus
- Abstract
Inner-shell photoelectron spectroscopy provides an element-specific probe of molecular structure, as core-electron binding energies are sensitive to the chemical environment. Short-wavelength femtosecond light sources, such as Free-Electron Lasers (FELs), even enable time-resolved site-specific investigations of molecular photochemistry. Here, we study the ultraviolet photodissociation of the prototypical chiral molecule 1-iodo-2-methylbutane, probed by extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) pulses from the Free-electron LASer in Hamburg (FLASH) through the ultrafast evolution of the iodine 4d binding energy. Methodologically, we employ electron-ion partial covariance imaging as a technique to isolate otherwise elusive features in a two-dimensional photoelectron spectrum arising from different photofragmentation pathways. The experimental and theoretical results for the time-resolved electron spectra of the 4d3/2 and 4d5/2 atomic and molecular levels that are disentangled by this method provide a key step towards studying structural and chemical changes from a specific spectator site.
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- 2022
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