Photoionization and fragmentation dynamics of C60.

The photoionization and fragmentation dynamics of ClN have been examined using 203 nm excitation with (2+1) REMPI detection of the N product. Kinetic energy and angular distributions of N and NCl were characterized by velocity map imaging. The N product was formed with appreciable rotational excitation, with population in levels as high as J=90. Velocity map images for the J=50 fragment showed that the maximum energy released to translation was 1.14 eV. This result indicated that the N did not come from the expected channel, ClN +h NCl(a ) + N , which would produce much more energetic fragments. Velocity maps of N and NCl were consistent with the process