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Observing electron localization in a dissociating H₂⁺ molecule in real time.

ABSTRACT: Dissociation of diatomic molecules with odd number of electrons always causes the unpaired electron to localize on one of the two resulting atomic fragments. In the simplest diatomic molecule H₂⁺ dissociation yields a hydrogen atom and a proton with the sole electron ending up on one of the two nuclei. That is equivalent to breaking of a chemical bond-the most fundamental chemical process. Here we observe such electron localization in real time by performing a pump-probe experiment. We demonstrate that in H₂⁺ electron localization is complete in just 15?fs when the molecule's internuclear distance reaches 8 atomic units. The measurement is supported by a theoretical simulation based on numerical solution of the time-dependent Schrödinger equation. This observation advances our understanding of detailed dynamics of molecular dissociation.

SUBMITTER: Xu H

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5481751 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Observing electron localization in a dissociating H2+ molecule in real time.

Xu H H Li Zhichao Z He Feng F Wang X X Atia-Tul-Noor A A Kielpinski D D Sang R T RT Litvinyuk I V IV

Nature communications 20170616

Dissociation of diatomic molecules with odd number of electrons always causes the unpaired electron to localize on one of the two resulting atomic fragments. In the simplest diatomic molecule H2+ dissociation yields a hydrogen atom and a proton with the sole electron ending up on one of the two nuclei. That is equivalent to breaking of a chemical bond-the most fundamental chemical process. Here we observe such electron localization in real time by performing a pump-probe ex ...[more]

PMID: 28621332

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