EVIDENCE FOR QUASI-BOUND STATES IN HIGHLY EXCITED CO+ AND NO+

Citation
Ab. Vanderkamp et al., EVIDENCE FOR QUASI-BOUND STATES IN HIGHLY EXCITED CO+ AND NO+, Chemical physics, 193(1-2), 1995, pp. 181-191
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
ISSN journal
03010104
Volume
193
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
181 - 191
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-0104(1995)193:1-2<181:EFQSIH>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Quasibound rovibronic states in CO+ and NO+ with excitation energies o f more than 20 eV are formed in charge-exchange reactions of CO2+ and NO2+ with alkali atoms. The kinetic energy released upon dissociation is measured by using translational spectroscopy. A new and simple devi ce is presented to determine which fragment holds the charge. A large number of quasibound states is found, spread over all dissociation lim its. The complexity of the spectra prevents a full interpretation of a ll structures. The absence of long-lived vibrationally excited states in CO2+, which was predicted theoretically, is corroborated.