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Michael Michel1, Karl-Michael Weitzel
1Philipps Universität Marburg, Fachbereich Chemie Institut for Physikalische Chemie Hans Meerwein Str., 35032 Marburg, Germany.
Abstract:
HCl+ and DCl+ ions were formed via the R(1) pump line of the f3delta2(v'=0)<--sigma+(v''=0) REMPI process. For these ions, the two-photon dissociation spectroscopy, resonance-enhanced via the A2sigma+(v')<--pi3/2(v''=0) transition, was investigated for various intermediate states of HCl+ (v'=4,5,6) and DCl+ (v'=6,7,8,9). From the analysis of the data, spectroscopic parameters of the X and the A states were derived (including the lambda-doubling in the X state and the spin-rotation coupling in the A state). Some of the parameters deviate considerably from literature data. The spectra provide clear evidence that the REMPI process employed for forming the ions has a very high rotational selectivity.
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