ROTATIONAL AND VIBRATIONAL LIFETIME OF ISOTOPICALLY ASYMMETRIZED HOMONUCLEAR DIATOMIC MOLECULAR-IONS

Authors
AMITAY Z ZAJFMAN D FORCK P
Citation
Z. Amitay et al., ROTATIONAL AND VIBRATIONAL LIFETIME OF ISOTOPICALLY ASYMMETRIZED HOMONUCLEAR DIATOMIC MOLECULAR-IONS, Physical review. A, 50(3), 1994, pp. 2304-2308
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
10502947
Volume
50
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
2304 - 2308
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(1994)50:3<2304:RAVLOI>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Radiative relaxation times of rovibrational transitions for the electr onic ground state of HD+, O-16O-18+, and C-12C-13+ are calculated. The se lifetimes are compared with the storage time in a heavy-ion storage ring where molecular ions can be stored, in order to provide vibratio nally and rotationally cold ions. The relevance of the results to the measurement of dissociative recombination of cold molecular ions is di scussed.