A study of time-of-flight spectra of excited krypton molecular ions in an electron gun

Investigation of time-of-flight spectra of excited krypton molecular ions observed under electron-beam bombardment of excitation tube electrodes is continued. Particular attention is focused on a study of the profile of the light signal produced in the dissociation of the molecular ions. An analysis of the light signal profile provides information on the processes involved in the formation and destruction of molecular ions. A model developed for these processes permitted calculation of the light signal profile. A comparison is made with experimental data on the spectral lines of krypton atoms and ions, whose excitation is caused by the destruction of the molecular ions.     

Kinetics of formation of the excited states of krypton atoms and ions upon electron-induced desorption from a solid surface

The kinetics of formation of the excited states of the atomic krypton ion is studied in pure krypton at a low pressure. The excited states are formed due to the dissociation of excited molecular ions desorbed from a solid surface by an electron beam. The lifetimes of these ions and their dissociation channels are determined.     

Excitation transfer in the plasma of a barrier discharge in a krypton-xenon mixture

Processes of excitation transfer in the plasma of a barrier discharge in a krypton-xenon mixture are studied. A kinetic diagram of energy transfer is proposed, and a system of coupled kinetic equations describing the dynamics of processes in the plasma of a barrier discharge of mixtures in pure xenon as well as in a krypton-xenon mixture is composed and solved. The effect of excitation transfer on the population distribution over vibrational levels of krypton excimers excited by a barrier discharge in a krypton-xenon mixture is studied. The deviation from the equilibrium distribution over vibrational levels is found. It can be interpreted as an indication of the activation of the mechanism of depopulation of the lowest vibrational levels of excimer states of krypton.     

The KLL dielectronic recombination processes for highly charged krypton, iodine and barium ions

The KLL dielectronic recombination (DR) processes of ions from highly charged helium-like to oxygen-like krypton, iodine and barium ions are studied systematically in the relativistic distorted-wave approximation with configuration interaction. The KLL DR resonant energies, the corresponding resonant strengths and the theoretical spectra for each highly charged ion species are obtained. The results accord well with other available values. The behaviour of KLL resonant strengths for He-like ions with atomic number Z is analysed.     

Laser excited fluorescence of CS2

Resonance fluorescence excited by ultraviolet lines of argon and krypton ion lasers has been observed from carbon disulfide. The strongest excitations are to single rotational levels within bands of Kleman's R system having K = 0 and 1. Fluorescence in each instance forms a long progression in the ground-state bending vibration, ν″₂. Vibrational levels as high as (1,28°,0) have been identified.     

Kinetic studies of Kr2F1 in electron-beam excited mixtures

Different mixtures containing atomic krypton and fluorinated compounds (Kr-NF₃, Kr-SF₆) and atomic krypton, argon and fluorinated compounds (Ar-Kr-NF₃, Ar-Kr-SF₆, Ar-Kr-F₂) were excited with intense e-beam pulses. The fluorescence produced by Kr₂F¹ was studied using time resolved spectroscopic techniques. Rate constants for the production and quenching of Kr₂F¹ were deduced from the measurements. In all the mixtures used, at krypton partial pressure higher than about 100 mbar, direct production from Kr¹₂ is considered as the most important formation channel of Kr₂F¹.     

The production of excimer molecules and excited atoms in a positive corona discharge in He/Xe(Kr)/SF6/CCl4 mixtures

Electrical and optical characteristics of a positive corona discharge in He/Xe(Kr)/SF₆/CCl₄ mixtures, which are of interest for the use in multiwavelength excimer radiation sources, are studied in the needle-grid electrode configuration. The length of the discharge, which is usually used to pump repetitive high-pressure multiwavelength radiation sources, is equal to the length of the electrodes of an excimer laser or lamp pumped by a transverse electric discharge. The discharge current-voltage and frequency characteristics, panoramic emission spectra, and the dependences of the relative emission intensity from the halogenides and excited noble gas atoms on the corona discharge current are investigated. The main processes resulting in the production of halogenides, as well as xenon and krypton excited atoms, in the generation regions of a corona discharge are studied.     

Saturation time and growth rate of parametrically excited ion acoustic waves

The amplitude evolution of parametrically excited ion acoustic waves is shown. The instabilities are generated by a strong electric field applied to a krypton plasma column.     

EICO measurements of inner-core excited mixed rare-gas clusters

The spectra of deep inner-core excited mixed rare-gas clusters were recorded by using electron ion coincidence (EICO) and multi-hit momentum imaging (MHMI) techniques. The EICO spectra for Ar₉₉Kr₁ clusters reveal that singly charged ions are emitted from the inner-core excited clusters in addition to the multiple charged ions. The dependence of the EICO spectra on photon energy and cluster size suggests that the holes created through vacancy cascade on the krypton atoms are transferred to the surrounding atoms, and that the singly charged ions are the primary product of the krypton photoabsorption. Charge localization is suggested for the inner-core excited mixed rare-gas clusters from the analysis of the EICO peak width. The MHMI measurements give us direct evidence for the strong charge migration from X-ray absorbing atoms to surrounding atoms. The photon energy dependence of the PSD image for fragment ions suggests that the momentum of the fragment ions depends on the number of charges generated by the vacancy cascade.     

Kinetic studies of Kr2 Cl in electron-beam excited gas mixtures

Gas mixtures containing atomic krypton and carbon-tetrachloride were excited using intense electron beam pulses. The fluorescence produced by Kr₂Cl¹ was studied using time-resolved spectroscopic techniques. The lifetime (470 ns) and the quenching rate constants of Kr₂Cl¹ were deduced from the measurements.     

Nonadiabatic fragmentation of excited molecular ions: An exploratory study for

The photodissociation of was studied in a one-dimensional approximation, with the aim of understanding the nonadiabatic features of the fragmentation dynamics. In the collinear arrangement of the system, the three lowest excited surfaces (states) interact via two avoided crossings outside the Franck-Condon region, and they are strongly coupled radially by nonadiabatic terms. Electronic transition probabilities for the process , with in one of the three lowest electronic states involved in the fragmentation, were calculated using the semiclassical multichannel S-matrix within the half-collision approach to photodissociation. The reliability of the semiclassical theory, for treating multichannel nonadiabatic processes was analyzed, and inelastic cross-sections for the three processes of electronically selected fragmentations were calculated. The structure found in the calculated absorption lineshapes reveals the marked influence of the nonadiabatic couplings between excited states in the fragmentation dynamics of this molecular ion. Received: 6 March 1998 / Revised: 7 March 1998 and 17 June 1998 / Accepted: 23 June 1998     

Preliminary results on the 2p levels of krypton obtained by the Hanle effect

Using Hanle experiments in a discharge, the radiative lifetimes of 7 out of the ten 2p-levels of krypton have been studied as well as the cross-sections for the destruction of alignment in these levels by collisions with ground-state krypton atoms. The limitations of the present experimental method are emphasized and plans for future improvements are formulated.     

Vibrational relaxation studies in electron-beam excited Krf1

The recovery of the gain in electron-beam pumped krypton fluoride has been investigated following saturation with a pulse from a discharge pumped KrF laser. Vibrational relaxation in KrF¹ is found to occur on a subnanosecond timescale under typical laser conditions and the gain recovers in a time which is approximately equal to the fluorescence decay time.     

氪原子的近红外吸收光谱的研究

本文利用浓度调制的万法测量了氪原子在11870～12700 cm~(-1)波段的高分辨连续吸收光谱.在实验中,通过对氪气和氦气混合气体进行放电的方法制备氪原子.总共测量了120根氦原子吸收谱线,其中33根谱线是已被报道过的,45根新测量的谱线可以通过已知的氪原子能级进行标定,其它剩下的42根新测量的谱跃迁线根据已知的氪原子能级信息尚无法进行标定.本次实验中的这些未知的42根氪原子的跃迁谱线,可以推断氪原子有尚未被报道或测量过的原子能级存在.本文同时对如何用"Classification"计算软件分析未知氪原子谱线的可能存在的能级进行了演示.     

纳秒光场下原子团簇产生高离化Kr离子的激光波长效应

利用不同波长和光强的纳秒激光,对Kr原子团簇进行了激光电离的飞行时间质谱研究,观察到Kr高价离子价态显著地依赖于激光波长,当分别用波长为1064,532,355和266 nm的激光照射Kr原子团簇时,可分辨的离子最高价态分别为+17,+11,+4和+2价;然而离子价态与激光功率密度的依赖关系并不明显。实验结果支持多光子电离-逆轫致吸收加热-电子碰撞电离三步电离模型,表明电子碰撞电离是高价离子产生的主要途径。     

Microscopic calculations of fission barriers and critical angular momenta for excited heavy nuclear systems

An extended version of Strutinsky's macro-microscopic method is used to calculate effective potential energies for rotating, excited heavy compound nuclei undergoing fission. Nuclear deformation is parameterized in terms of Lawrence's family of shapes. A two-center single-particle potential corresponding to these shapes is employed, with BCS pairing added. Statistical excitation is introduced by temperature-dependent occupation of (quasi-) particle energy levels. We calculate shell corrections to the energy, the free energy and the entropy as functions of deformation and temperature. The associated average quantities are derived from a temperature-dependent liquid drop model. The resulting static deformation energy is augmented by the rotational energy to yield the isothermal effective potential energy as a function of deformation, temperature and angular momentum. Moments of inertia are obtained from the adiabatic cranking model with temperature-dependent pairing included.We have also calculated the effective potential for constant entropy rather than constant temperature. Although this isentropic process physically is more appropriate than the isothermal process, it has not been treated before. For the same amount of excitation energy in the spherical state of the compound nucleus, the isentropic barriers turn out higher than the isothermal ones. For both processes we have extracted the critical angular momentum (defined as the one for which the barrier approximately vanishes) as a function of excitation. Our model is applied to the super-heavy nuclei ²⁷⁰110, ²⁷⁸110, ²⁹⁸114, ²⁹²118 and ³²²128, which have been tried to form in krypton and argon induced heavy ion reactions.     

Adsorption of krypton on the basal plane of graphite: LEED and Auger measurements

The adsorption of krypton on (0001) graphite has been studied by LEED and Auger. Stepwise isotherms are observed and thermodynamic quantities such as the latent heat of two dimensional adsorption and the binding energy of a krypton atom are determined. The mean free path of electrons in krypton is measured. The LEED pattern of the krypton layer shows a √3 × √3 superstructure. Some vibrational properties are examined by LEED and possible implications of the experimental findings are discussed. The potentials and limitations of the techniques used in the present work are critically examined with respect to other techniques.     

On the excitation of krypton

The populations of the 1s, 2p, and 3p levels of krypton have been determined. The electrical parameters of the glow discharge have been measured by the two-probe method. The oscillator strengths of 13 spectral lines of krypton were determined in the visible and near-infrared portions of the spectrum. Some conclusions are drawn regarding the character of excitation of the 2p and 3p levels of krypton.In conclusion, the authors wish to thank Prof. A. N. Tekuchev for valuable comments on the present paper.     

Calculation of parameters of krypton plasma excited by electron beam with additional heating by high-frequency electric field

The electron energy-distribution functions, the rates of plasmochemical reactions, and the densities of various plasma components have been calculated for a microwave discharge (f = 1000 MHz, P = 100–700 mW) in krypton plasma (p = 0.5 atm) excited by an electron beam with an energy of 12 keV. It has been found that the heating by a microwave field shifts the peak of the electron energy-distribution function (EEDF) from 0.5 to 2 eV, which leads to higher rates of reactions with excitation thresholds lying near the EEDF peak. As a result, the population of excited levels increases by two to three times.     

Reactions of excited atoms and molecules with atoms and molecules

Ionizing collisions of long lived excited particles with atoms and molecules are studied by a cross beam technique. For the first time reactions of atoms in high Rydberg states are included in the investigation. In this paper we report relative cross sections for the production of the ions RH⁺, RH ₂ ⁺ , and H ₂ ⁺ by collisions of excited rare gas atoms R^* with H₂. With HD as the target molecule the isotope effect for the production of RD⁺ and RH⁺ has been determined. In the case of argon and krypton, ions are produced only by the high Rydberg states, whereas in the case of helium and neon only the metastable states contribute to a measurable extent. The data indicate, that the reaction mechanism is different in principle for metastable and highly excited atoms. Simple models are proposed to explain the experimental results.