Photofragmentation of Deuterated Benzene

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Abstract

We have measured the probability for creating various fragments of deuterated benzene (C$_{6}$H$_{3}$D$_{3}$) in the photon energy range from 12 to 160 eV at the Synchrotron Radiation Center (SRC). The fragments were detected with an improved ion time-of-flight spectrometer providing a high enough resolving power to unambiguously detect all possible photofragments of deuterated benzene. The ion fragments C$_{n}$H$_{m}$D$_{p}$ (n=2--6; m,p=0--3; note that not all combinations exist) appear in groups characterized by the number of carbon atoms. We find evidence for the existance of carbon rings with only a single hydrogen atom attched (C$_{6}$H) . We will present appearance energies and photon energy dependences of all fragments.

*The SRC is supported by NSF Grant No.\ DMR-0537588.

Authors

  • Ralf Wehlitz

    • Synchrotron Radiation Center, Univ. of Wisconsin--Madison
  • Pavle Juranic

    • Synchrotron Radiation Center, Univ. of Wisconsin--Madison
  • Max Young

    • Univ. of Idaho, Moscow
  • Bethany Reilly

    • Taylor Univ., Upland, Indiana