https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2002-00161-8
Hydrogen atom transfer in indole (NH3)n clusters: formation dynamics of (NH3)n-1NH4, n = 1–6, fragments
Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie,
Max-Born-Str. 2A, 12489 Berlin-Adlershof, Germany
Corresponding author: a hertel@mbi-berlin.de
Received:
30
April
2002
Revised:
29
May
2002
Published online:
13
September
2002
The H atom transfer reaction in electronically excited
clusters is studied in
pump-probe experiments with femtosecond laser pulses. By applying
different probe photon energies we are able to detect the
dissociation products
for n = 1–6. Furthermore we show that the analysis of the corresponding ion
signals is not distorted by contributions from larger cluster ions due
to evaporation of 
molecules. The formation times
of the products are ca. 140~ps for n=2–4 and about 80~ps for
n=5,6.
PACS: 82.53.Ps – Femtosecond probing of biological molecules / 36.40.-c – Atomic and molecular clusters / 82.30.Rs – Hydrogen bonding, hydrophilic effects
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2002
