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Femtosecond multichannel photodissociation dynamics of CH3I from the A band by velocity map imaging
4 pages, 3 figures, 1 table.The reaction times of several well-defined channels of the C–I bond rupture of methyl iodide from
the A band, which involves nonadiabatic dynamics yielding ground state I(2P3/2) and spin-orbit
excited I*(2P1/2) and ground and vibrationally excited CH3 fragments, have been measured by a
combination of a femtosecond laser pump-probe scheme and velocity map imaging techniques using
resonant detection of ground state CH3 fragments. The reaction times found for the different
channels studied are directly related with the nonadiabatic nature of this multidimensional
photodissociation reaction.Two of the authors (J. G. I. and J. D.) gratefully acknowledge financial support
from the FPI program and the CSIC-Unidades Asociadas
program, respectively, of the Spanish Ministry of
Education and Science (MEC). This work has been financed
by the Spanish MEC through Grant No. CTQ2005-08493-
C02-01.Peer reviewe