Quantum dissipative model for the collision induced ionization of I2 impinging on a diamond surface

Gil Katz, Yehuda Zeiri, Ronnie Kosloff*

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Abstract

Negative ion production by impinging I2 at hyperthermal energies on a diamond surface was modeled. A quantum time dependent nonadiabatic approach in Liouville space was used. The primary coordinate of the I2 distance from the surface was modeled explicitly while the surface degrees of freedom were included implicitly using Lindblads semi-group formalism. The calculations were directed at determining the mechanism of the ion production. Two nonadiabatic crossing points were considered. By fitting the nonadiabatic parameters both crossing points could yield the increase in the ion production as a function of energy observed in the experiment. The mechanisms can be discerned by analyzing the relation between the kinetic energy distribution of the ions to that of the incident molecules. Ions are produced predominantly at a nonadiabatic crossing point located high in energy and close to the surface fit better the experimental observations.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)284-289
Number of pages6
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume358
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - 31 May 2002

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