Abstract

Physically adsorbed H(2), HD, and D(2) desorbs via the low-energy 2Σ(u)+ electron scattering resonance with characteristic electron energy dependent cross sections as we show by desorption and electron energy-loss measurements. Only H(2) and HD desorb, for energetic reasons, via excitation of the j = 0 → 2 rotational mode and its subsequent decay into free translational motion, while all three isotopes desorb by direct transitions to unbound continuum states, with a probability close to unity and an unexpectedly weak mass dependence ~m(-1/2).

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