Publications by Justinas Jankunas

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

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

Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Low-Energy Penning Ionization of NH3, CH3F, and CHF3

Andreas Osterwalder, Justinas Jankunas

We present results from a joint theoretical and experimental study of the low-energy Penning ionization of NH3, CH3F, and CHF3 by metastable Ne(P-3(2)) and He(S-3(1)) atoms. We combine the merged neutral beams experiment, covering a range of collision ener ...

Wiley-Blackwell2016

Oriented O(3P2), Ne(3P2), and He(3S1) atoms emerging from a bent magnetic guide

Andreas Osterwalder, Justinas Jankunas

We describe our observation of strongly oriented total electronic angular momentum J in O(P-3(2)), Ne(P-3(2)), and He(S-3(1)) atoms emerging from a bent magnetic multipole guide, as measured by resonant multiphoton ionisation. This was contrary to our expe ...

Taylor & Francis2016

Importance of rotationally inelastic processes in low-energy Penning ionization of CHF3

Andreas Osterwalder, Justinas Jankunas

Low energy reaction dynamics can strongly depend on the internal structure of the reactants. The role of rotationally inelastic processes in cold collisions involving polyatomic molecules has not been explored so far. Here we address this problem performin ...

American Institute of Physics2016

Preparation of state purified beams of He, Ne, C, N, and O atoms

Andreas Osterwalder, Justinas Jankunas

The production and guiding of ground state and metastable C, N, and O atoms in a two-meter-long, bent magnetic guide are described. Pure beams of metastable He(3S1) and Ne(3P2), and of ground state N(4S3/2) and O(3P2) are obtained using an Even-Lavie valve ...

Amer Inst Physics2015

Dynamics of gas phase Ne* + NH3 and Ne* + ND3 Penning ionisation at low temperatures

Andreas Osterwalder, Benjamin Bertsche, Justinas Jankunas

Two isotopic chemical reactions, Ne* + NH_3, and Ne* + ND_3, have been studied at low collision energies by means of a merged beams technique. Partial cross sections have been recorded for the two reactive channels, namely, Ne* + NH_3 → Ne + NH^+_3 + e −, ...

American Institute of Physics2014

Low-temperature Collisions between Neutral Molecules in Merged Molecular Beams

Andreas Osterwalder, Benjamin Bertsche, Justinas Jankunas

We have developed an experiment for the investigation of neutral molecular collisions in the gas phase at temperatures as low as 100 mK. These low temperatures are obtained by merging two supersonic expansions, using an electric and a magnetic guide, and b ...

Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft2014

Study of the Ne(3P2) + CH3F Electron-Transfer Reaction below 1 K

Andreas Osterwalder, Benjamin Bertsche, Justinas Jankunas

Relatively little is known about the dynamics of electron-transfer reactions at low collision energy. We present a study of Penning ionization of ground-state methyl fluoride molecules by electronically excited neon atoms in the 13 μeV–4.8 meV (150 mK–56 K ...

Amer Chemical Soc2014