Complete dissociation branching fractions and Coulomb explosion dynamics of SO2 induced by excitation of O 1s pre-edge resonances.

Fragmentation processes of SO2 following excitation of the six main O 1s pre-edge resonances, as well as above the ionization threshold and below the resonances, are studied using a position-sensitive time-of-flight ion imaging detector, and the associated dissociation branching ratios and break-up dynamics are determined. In order to distinguish between the O(+) and S(2+) fragments of equal mass-to-charge ratio, the measurements have been performed with the isotopically enriched S(18)O2 sample. By analysis of the complete set of the fragment momentum vectors, the β values for the fragments originating from the SO(+) + O(+) break-up and the kinetic energy release for fragmentation channels of both SO2 (2+) and SO2 (3+) parent ions are determined. We also present results on the three-body break-up dynamics.