Coulomb-explosion imaging of CH2: Target-polarization effects and bond-angle distribution
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The effect of target polarization fields on the bond-angle distribution following the foil-induced Coulomb explosion of CH2 + has been measured. Incorporating a detailed model description of the polarization effects and other target effects into a Monte Carlo simulation of the experiment, a good description of the various observables is obtained. In particular, the bond-angle distribution is found to agree with existing ab initio calculations.
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