Publications by Sean Dennis Steven Gordon

Study of He/Ne+Ar, Kr, N2, H2, D2 Chemi-Ionization Reactions by Electron Velocity-Map Imaging

Andreas Osterwalder, Sean Dennis Steven Gordon, Junwen Zou, Silvia Tanteri

The chemi-ionization of Ar, Kr, N2, H2, and D2 by Ne(3P2) and of Ar, Kr, and N2 by He(3S1) was studied by electron velocity map imaging (e-VMI) in a crossed molecular beam experiment. A curved magnetic hexapole was used to state-select the metastable speci ...

2021

The stereodynamics of ion forming reactions

Andreas Osterwalder, Sean Dennis Steven Gordon

Energy transfer reactions occur in all areas of chemistry. One fundamental form of this is demonstrated by reactions in which an electronically excited atom transfers energy to a neutral, resulting in spontaneous ionisation, potentially combined with compl ...

2020

Energy and orientation independence of the channel branching in Ne* + ND3 chemi-ionisation

Andreas Osterwalder, Sean Dennis Steven Gordon

Collisions of excited neon atoms with ammonia molecules can lead to two reaction processes, dissociative ionisation and Penning ionisation. Both processes result in the ionisation of the ammonia molecule and redistribution of the electronic energy into the ...

2019

Sub-Kelvin stereodynamics of the Ne(3P2)+N2 reaction

Andreas Osterwalder, Sean Dennis Steven Gordon, Junwen Zou

We present an experimental study of the low-energy stereodynamics of the Ne(3P2)+N2 reaction. Supersonic expansions of the two reactants are superposed in a merged beam experiment, where individual velocity control of the two beams allows us to reach avera ...

AMER PHYSICAL SOC2019

Differential steric effects in the inelastic scattering of NO(X) plus Ar: spin-orbit changing transitions

Sean Dennis Steven Gordon

Spin-orbit changing transitions for bond-axis oriented collisions of NO(X) with Ar have been investigated with full quantum state selection via a crossed molecular beam experiment at collision energies of 532 cm(-1) and 651 cm(-1). NO(X) molecules were sel ...

2019

Quantum-state-controlled channel branching in cold Ne(3P2)+Ar chemi-ionization

Andreas Osterwalder, Sean Dennis Steven Gordon, Junwen Zou, Silvia Tanteri

A prerequisite to gain a complete understanding of the most basic aspects of chemical reactions is the ability to perform experiments with complete control over the reactant degrees of freedom. By controlling these, details of a reaction mechanism can be i ...

2018

Stereodynamics of Ne(3P2) reacting with Ar, Kr, Xe, and N2

Andreas Osterwalder, Junwen Zou, Sean Dennis Steven Gordon, Silvia Tanteri

Stereodynamics experiments of Ne(3P2) reacting with Ar, Kr, Xe, and N2 leading to Penning and associative ionization have been performed in a crossed molecular beam apparatus. A curved magnetic hexapole was used to state-select and polarize Ne(3P2) atoms w ...

2018

Energy dependent stereodynamics of the Ne(3P2)+Ar reaction

Andreas Osterwalder, Justinas Jankunas, Sean Dennis Steven Gordon, Junwen Zou, Silvia Tanteri

The stereodynamics of the Ne(3P2)+Ar Penning and Associative ionization reactions have been studied using a crossed molecular beam apparatus. The experiment uses a curved magnetic hexapole to polarise the Ne(3P2) which is then oriented with a shaped magnet ...

American Physical Society2017

Stereodynamics in NO(X) plus Ar inelastic collisions

Sean Dennis Steven Gordon

The effect of orientation of the NO(X) bond axis prior to rotationally inelastic collisions with Ar has been investigated experimentally and theoretically. A modification to conventional velocity-map imaging ion optics is described, which allows the orient ...

American Institute of Physics2016