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High-Speed Optical Diagnostics of a Supersonic Ping-Pong Cannon
Published on: March 24, 2023
1Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Spectroscopic analysis of a lithium supersonic nozzle beam reveals a Boltzmann distribution for ground state vibrational populations (195+/-30 K) and a rotational temperature of (70+/-20) K. Approximately 10% lithium dimers were detected, aligning with dimerization theory.
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