Extensive Electron-Nuclear Angular Momentum Exchange in Vibrational Autoionization of np and nf Rydberg States of NO (original) (raw)

Abstract

Vibrational autoionization of individual rotational levels of np (n 1) and nf (n 1) Rydberg states of nitric oxide (NO) with 11 # n # 15 have been studied employing two-color double-resonance excitation via the NO A 2 S 1 (n i 1) state. The rotational state distributions of the resulting NO 1 X 1 S 1 (n 1 0) ion have been determined by time-of-flight photoelectron spectroscopy. These measurements show the occurrence of angular momentum exchange between the outgoing electron and the molecular-ion core, a process that has been commonly neglected in theoretical treatments of vibrational autoionization.

Loading...

Loading Preview

Sorry, preview is currently unavailable. You can download the paper by clicking the button above.

References (35)

  1. *Present address: Worlds, Inc., 510 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94107.
  2. C. H. Greene and Ch. Jungen, Adv. At. Mol. Phys. 21, 51 (1985).
  3. H. Nakamura, Int. Rev. Phys. Chem. 10, 123 (1991).
  4. G. Herzberg and Ch. Jungen, J. Mol. Spectrosc. 41, 425 (1972).
  5. Y. Ono et al., J. Chem. Phys. 73, 4855 (1980).
  6. Y. Anezaki et al., Chem. Phys. 97, 153 (1985).
  7. M. Schwarz et al., J. Chem. Phys. 89, 5460 (1988).
  8. C. Bordas et al., Chem. Phys. 129, 21 (1989).
  9. A. L. Roche and Ch. Jungen, J. Chem. Phys. 98, 3637 (1993).
  10. E. Miescher, Can. J. Phys. 54, 2074 (1976).
  11. S. Fredin et al., Mol. Phys. 60, 825 (1987).
  12. Y. Anezaki et al., Chem. Phys. 89, 103 (1984).
  13. D. T. Biernacki, S. D. Colson, and E. E. Eyler, J. Chem. Phys. 89, 2599 (1988).
  14. A. Fujii and N. Morita, Chem. Phys. Lett. 182, 304 (1991).
  15. A. Fujii and N. Morita, J. Chem. Phys. 97, 327 (1992).
  16. A. Giusti-Suzor and Ch. Jungen, J. Chem. Phys. 80, 986 (1984).
  17. M. Raoult, J. Chem. Phys. 87, 4736 (1987).
  18. K. Nakashima et al., J. Chem. Phys. 91, 1603 (1989).
  19. J. Guo, A. Mank, and J. W. Hepburn, Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 3584 (1995).
  20. S. T. Pratt et al., J. Chem. Phys. 92, 1831 (1990).
  21. R. S. Berry, J. Chem. Phys. 45, 1228 (1966).
  22. E. E. Eyler, Phys. Rev. A 34, 2881 (1986).
  23. S. W. Allendorf et al., J. Chem. Phys. 91, 2216 (1989).
  24. D. J. Leahy, K. L. Reid, and R. N. Zare, J. Chem. Phys. 95, 1757 (1991).
  25. J. W. J. Verschuur et al., Chem. Phys. 103, 359 (1986).
  26. D. T. Biernacki, S. D. Colson, and E. E. Eyler, J. Chem. Phys. 88, 2099 (1988).
  27. H. Park and R. N. Zare (unpublished).
  28. W. G. Wilson et al., J. Phys. Chem. 88, 672 (1984).
  29. M.-T. Lee et al., J. Chem. Phys. 96, 7848 (1992).
  30. D. J. Leahy et al., J. Chem. Phys. 97, 4948 (1992).
  31. H. Park and R. N. Zare, J. Chem. Phys. (to be published).
  32. S. N. Dixit and V. McKoy, Chem. Phys. Lett. 128, 49 (1986).
  33. J. Xie and R. N. Zare, J. Chem. Phys. 93, 3033 (1990).
  34. S. Ross and Ch. Jungen, Phys. Rev. Lett. 59, 1297 (1987).
  35. A. Giusti-Suzor and H. Lefebvre-Brion, Chem. Phys. Lett. 76, 132 (1980).