Spectroscopic Studies Of Small Polyatomic Molecules Near Ion-pair Dissociation Thresholds

Kreis, Carla

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Spectroscopic Studies Of Small Polyatomic Molecules Near Ion-pair Dissociation Thresholds

Author(s)

Kreis, Carla

Contributor(s)

• Merkt, Frédéric
• Hollenstein, Urs

Issue Date

2021-06-24

Keyword(s)

Electronic structure, potential energy surfaces

Abstract

At high vibrational quantum numbers, ion-pair states (A$^+$--B$^-$) behave like high Rydberg states. Their level structure can be approximately described by Rydberg's formula after replacing the Rydberg constant $R_{\infty}$ by the appropriate mass-scaled value $R_{IP}=R_{\infty} \frac{\mu_{A^+-B^-}}{m_e}$.\footnote{E. Reinhold and W. Ubachs, Mol. Phys., 103:10, 1329-1352, (2005)} We present the results of spectroscopic investigations of high-lying excited ion-pair states of small polyatomic molecules in the vicinity of ion-pair dissociation thresholds. Such states have been extensively characterized in diatomic molecules (see ref. $^a$$^,$\footnote{S. Mollet, F. Merkt, Phys. Rev. A., 82, 032510, (2010)} and references therein) and are at the heart of the technique of threshold ion-pair production spectroscopy.\footnote{J.D.D. Martin, J.W. Hepburn. Phys. Rev. Lett., 79, 3154, (1997)} Only few studies have been carried out on polyatomic molecules.\footnote{R. C. Shiell, X. K. Hu, Q. J. Hu, J. W. Hepburn, J. Phys. Chem., 104, 19 (2000)}$^,$\footnote{Q. J. Hu, Q. Zhang, J.W. Hepburn. J. Chem. Phys., 123, 074310, (2006)} Polyatomic molecules exhibit denser series of ion-pair dissociation thresholds corresponding to the different rovibrational levels of the positively and negatively charged fragments. We will present the results of our investigations of OCS and H$_2$S in the vicinity of their lowest ion-pair dissociation thresholds. The experiments are carried out using cold samples in skimmed supersonic expansions. The region of the lowest ion-pair dissociation threshold is reached by single-photon excitation from the neutral ground state using narrow-band VUV radiation. The experiments provide access to the ion-pair dissociation energies from which the level structure of the ionic fragments can be determined as well as other thermochemical data such as electron affinities, ionization and dissociation energies.

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International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy

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eng

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10.15278/isms.2021.RL12

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