title: Femtosecond multidimensional imaging of a molecular dissociation.
abstract: The coupled electronic and vibrational motions governing chemical processes are best viewed from the molecule's point of view-the molecular frame. Measurements made in the laboratory frame often conceal information because of the random orientations the molecule can take. We used a combination of time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy, multidimensional coincidence imaging spectroscopy, and ab initio computation to trace a complete reactant-to-product pathway-the photodissociation of the nitric oxide dimer-from the molecule's point of view, on the femtosecond time scale. This method revealed an elusive photochemical process involving intermediate electronic configurations.
authors.affiliation: Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gessner
authors.forename: A M D
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Shaffer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Reisler
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Levchenko
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Krylov
authors.forename: Jonathan G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Underwood
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authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: A L L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: East
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Wardlaw
authors.forename: E T H
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Chrysostom
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Hayden
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stolow