Photodissociation spectroscopy of Mg+-Ar

J. S. Pilgrim, C. S. Yeh, M. A. Duncan

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Abstract

Mg+-Ar ion-molecule complexes are produced in a pulsed supersonic nozzle cluster source. The complexes are mass selected and studied with laser photodissociation spectroscopy in a reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometer system. An electronic transition assigned as X 2Σ+2Π is observed with an origin at 31387 cm-1 (vac) for 24Mg+-Ar. The 24Mg+-Ar spectrum is characterized by a 15 member progression with a frequency (ω′e) of 272 cm-1. An extrapolation of this progression fixes the excited state dissociation energy (D′o) at 5552 cm-1. The corresponding ground-state value (D″o) is 1270 cm-1 (3.6 kcal/mol). The 2Π 1 2, 3 2 spin-orbit splitting is 76 cm-.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)322-326
Number of pages5
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume210
Issue number4-6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1993 Jul 30

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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