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The Electronic Spectrum of Si2
Taarna Studemund1, Kai Pollow1, Sophie Verhoeven1
1Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstr. 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany.
Abstract:
The optical spectrum of Si2+ is presented. The two electronic band systems observed near 430 and 270 nm correspond to the two lowest optically allowed transitions of Si2+ assigned to 4Σu-(I) ← X4Σg- and 4Σu-(II) ← X4Σg-. The spectra were measured via photodissociation spectroscopy of mass-selected ions at the level of vibrational resolution, and the determined spectroscopic constants provide detailed information about the geometric and electronic structure, establishing molecular constants of this fundamental diatomic cation that enable astrophysical detection on, for example, hot rocky super-Earth-like exoplanets.
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