A sub-monolayer of atomic sodium, Nan, was deposited on LiF(001) at
50 K and characterized by temperature programmed desorption, X-ray photoelectron
spectroscopy, and titration with HCl. The Nan was dosed with HCl
to form (HCl)m···Nan/LiF(001)
which was then irradiated by 640 nm laser-radiation to induce a charge-transfer
(CT) reaction. Reaction-product atomic H(g) was observed leaving the surface,
by two-color Rydberg-atom TOF spectroscopy. These H-atoms gave evidence of
arising from the photoinduced harpooning reaction between the sodium clusters,
Nan, on the substrate, and (HCl)m adsorbed on the
Nan. The translational energy distribution and angular distribution
of H(g) gave information regarding the harpooning event. Translationally
and vibrationally excited HCl(g) was shown, by resonantly-enhanced multiphoton
ionization (REMPI), to be formed as an alternate product; by way of
(HCl)m···Nan/LiF(001)
+ h
(602 nm)
(HCl)m-1···Nan/LiF(001)
+ HCl(g)(v
0).