Abstract
Following excitation of the A state nu(2) (')=4 mode in ammonia, we show how the time scale to dissociation of the N-H bond depends on the internal energy imparted to the NH(2) photofragment. Using a combination of femtosecond pump/probe spectroscopy and velocity map ion imaging techniques, the time and energy resolved H-atom elimination can be directly related to the nonadiabatic nature of the photodissociation for high kinetic energy H atoms with evidence for adiabatic dynamics to dissociation giving the lowest energy H atoms. Extrapolation of the time scales for dissociation versus internal energy of the NH(2) photofragment implies that dissociation to the vibrationless ground state of NH(2) occurs in <50 fs, in very good agreement with frequency resolved measurements. The anisotropy of the H fragments with the highest kinetic energies seems to also suggest that the NH(2) partner fragment comes off with very low rotational excitation.
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