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Experimental Techniques and Methods of Data Analysis

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Studies of Photoinduced Molecular Dynamics Using a Fast Imaging Sensor

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This chapter details the experimental methods and apparatus used in the work presented in this thesis. The experiments were performed in two separate laboratories: that of Prof. Mark Brouard at the University of Oxford, and that of Prof. Henrik Staplefeldt at the University of Aarhus. Both apparatus are variants of a conventional velocity-map ion imaging (VMI) spectrometer. The fundamental principals of velocity-map ion imaging were introduced in Sect. 1.5 and are reviewed briefly here, whereafter each spectrometer is described in detail. The Pixel Imaging Mass Spectrometry (PImMS) camera, which is central to the work undertaken in this thesis, is introduced and the design and function of the device are described in detail. Experimental results are presented characterising the performance and characteristics of the device. In addition to experimental methods, this chapter also describes the various data analysis routines used to extract scientifically pertinent information from the experimental data.

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Slater, C.S. (2016). Experimental Techniques and Methods of Data Analysis. In: Studies of Photoinduced Molecular Dynamics Using a Fast Imaging Sensor. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24517-1_2

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