title: Influence of vibrational excitation on the nonadiabatic reactions of metal atoms with H2.
abstract: The reactions of alkaline earth metal atoms, Mg(3s3p 1P1) and Ca(4s4p 1P1), with H2(v = 1, j) are studied using a pump-probe technique combined with stimulated Raman pumping and coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy. For the Ca(4 1P1) case, the energy deposited in the v = 1 level enlarges the H2 bond distance to help facilitate the reaction without opening an additional pathway. For the Mg(3 1P1) case, the vibrational excitation of H2 leads to enhancement of the low rotational component of the rotational distribution and the MgH(v = 0)/MgH(v = 1) ratio. These results can be predicted with quasi-classical trajectory calculations and interpreted with a kinematic collision model.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Jye-Jong
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ming-Kai
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Hsiao
authors.forename: King-Chuen
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Lin