ROTATIONAL ACTION SPECTROSCOPY VIA STATE-SELECTIVE HELIUM ATTACHMENT

Schlemmer, Stephan

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Title

ROTATIONAL ACTION SPECTROSCOPY VIA STATE-SELECTIVE HELIUM ATTACHMENT

Author(s)

Schlemmer, Stephan

Contributor(s)

• Asvany, Oskar
• Brünken, Sandra
• Stoffels, Alexander
• Kluge, Lars

Issue Date

22-Jun-15

Keyword(s)

Ions

Abstract

"Helium atoms can attach to molecular cations via ternary collision processes forming weakly bound ($approx 1$ kcal/mol) He-M$^+$ complexes. We developed a novel sensitive action spectroscopic scheme for molecular ions based on an observed rotational state dependency of the He attachment process [1]. A detailed account of the underlying kinetics will be presented on the example of the CD$^+$ ion, where our studies indicate a decrease of around 50% for the rotational state dependent ternary He attachment rate coefficient of the $J=1$ level with respect to the $J=0$ level. Experiments are performed on mass-selected ions stored in a temperature-variable ($Tgeq 3.9$~K) cryogenic rf 22-pole ion trap in the presence of a high number density of He ($approx 10^{15}$ cm$^{-3}$) [2]. Rotational spectra of the bare ions are recorded by measuring the change in the number of formed He-M$^+$ complexes after a certain storage time as a function of excitation wavelength. Here we will also present the first measurements of the rotational ground state transitions of CF$^+$ ($J=1-0$, hfs resolved) and NH$_3$D$^+$ ($J_K=1_0-0_0$), recorded in this way.\ noindent [1] Br\""{u}nken et al., ApJL {bf 783}, L4 (2014) \ noindent [2] Asvany et al., Applied Physics B {bf 114}, 203 (2014)"

Publisher

International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy

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Language

English

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