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Characterisation and modeling of a pulsed molecular beam

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Article: e1737743 | Received 06 Jan 2020, Accepted 25 Feb 2020, Published online: 17 Mar 2020
 

Abstract

Standard techniques used in real-time reaction dynamics experiments, namely photoionization by a pulsed laser and velocity imaging are applied to document the time dependent velocity distribution of 2-hydroxypyridine (2-HP) molecules in a pulsed beam where 2-HP is seeded in either helium or argon. The purpose is to identify features which cannot be assigned to a pure free molecular (effusive in the present case) or a pure continuum (supersonic here) flow regime. The beam is generated in a two stage expansion, where the first stage is driven by a pulsed valve. The experimental work is complemented by simulations. Two phenomena retain the attention: (i) a slow return to the effusive flow regime after the valve opening has generated an intense supersonic flow; (ii) development of a shock wave a short time after the valve opening.

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Acknowledgments

The authors kindly thank David Parker and André Eppink for their help in building our VMI.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

The authors thank D. Guillaumet, M. Perdrix and Dr. O. Gobert for running the SLIC/LUCA laser facility. Financial support is acknowledged from the Agence Nationale pour la Recherche [grant number ANR-14-CE32-0010 XTASE].

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