Vibration-rotation emission spectra of gaseous ZnH2 and ZnD2

Gaseous ZnH2 and ZnD2 have been discovered in an emission source that combines an electrical discharge with a high-temperature furnace. High-resolution infrared emission spectra of ZnH2 and ZnD2 have been recorded with a Fourier transform spectrometer, and the antisymmetric stretching fundamental bands of 64ZnH2 and 64ZnD2 were detected near 1889.4 and 1371.6 cm-1, respectively. Rotational analysis of the bands yielded r0 bond distances of 1.535 271(1) and 1.531 836(9) A for linear 64ZnH2 and 64ZnD2, respectively.     

Infrared emission spectra and equilibrium structures of gaseous HgH2 and HgD2

A detailed analysis of the high-resolution infrared emission spectra of gaseous HgH2 and HgD2 in the 1200-2200 cm(-1) spectral range is presented. The nu3 antisymmetric stretching fundamental bands of 204HgH2, 202HgH2, 201HgH2, 200HgH2, 199HgH2, 198HgH2, 204HgD2, 202HgD2, 201HgD2, 200HgD2, 199HgD2, and 198HgD2, as well as a few hot bands involving nu1, nu2, and nu3 were analyzed rotationally, and spectroscopic constants were obtained. Using the rotational constants of the 000, 100, 01(1)0, and 001 vibrational levels, we determined the equilibrium rotational constants (B(e)) of the most abundant isotopologues, 202HgH2 and 202HgD2, to be 3.135325(24) cm(-1) and 1.569037(16) cm(-1), respectively, and the associated equilibrium Hg-H and Hg-D internuclear distances (re) are 1.63324(1) A and 1.63315(1) A, respectively. The re distances of 202HgH2 and 202HgD2 differ by about 0.005%, which can be attributed to the breakdown of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation.     

The vibration-rotation emission spectrum of hot BeF2

The high-resolution infrared emission spectrum of BeF2 vapor at 1000 degrees C was rotationally analyzed with the assistance of large-scale ab initio calculations using the coupled-cluster method including single and double excitations and perturbative inclusion of triple excitations, in conjunction with correlation-consistent basis sets up to quintuple-zeta quality. The nu3 fundamental band, the nu1+nu2, nu1+nu3, and 2nu2+nu3 combination bands, and 18 hot bands were assigned. The symmetric stretching (nu1), bending (nu2), and antisymmetric stretching (nu3) mode frequencies were determined to be 769.0943(2), 342.6145(3), and 1555.0480(1) cm-1, respectively, from the band origins of the nu3, nu1+nu3, and nu1+nu2 bands. The observed vibrational term values and B rotational constants were fitted simultaneously to an effective Hamiltonian model with Fermi resonance taken into account, and deperturbed equilibrium vibrational and rotational constants were obtained for BeF2. The equilibrium rotational constant (Be) was determined to be 0.235 354(41) cm-1, and the associated equilibrium bond distance (re) is 1.3730(1) A. The results of our ab initio calculations are in remarkably good agreement with those of our experiment, and the calculated value was 1.374 A for the equilibrium bond distance (re). As in the isoelectronic CO2 molecule, the Fermi resonance in BeF2 is very strong, and the interaction constant k122 was found to be 90.20(4) cm-1.     

Jet-cooled infrared spectroscopy in slit supersonic discharges: symmetric and antisymmetric CH2 stretching modes of fluoromethyl (CH2F) radical

The combination of shot noise-limited direct absorption spectroscopy with long-path-length slit supersonic discharges has been used to obtain first high-resolution infrared spectra for jet-cooled CH2F radicals in the symmetric (nu1) and antisymmetric (nu5) CH2 stretching modes. Spectral assignment has yielded refined lower- and upper-state rotational constants and fine-structure parameters from least-squares fits to the sub-Doppler line shapes for individual transitions. The rotational constants provide indications of large amplitude vibrational averaging over a low-barrier double minimum inversion-bending potential. This behavior is confirmed by high-level coupled cluster singles/doubles/triples calculations extrapolated to the complete basis set limit and adiabatically corrected for zero point energy. The calculations predict a nonplanar equilibrium structure (theta approximately 29 degrees, where theta is defined to be 180 degrees minus the angle between the C-F bond and the CH2 plane) with a 132 cm(-1) barrier to planarity and a vibrational bend frequency (nu(bend) approximately 276 cm(-1)), in good agreement with previous microwave estimates (nu(bend) = 300 (30) cm(-1)) by Hirota and co-workers [Y. Endo et al., J. Chem. Phys. 79, 1605 (1983)]. The nearly 2:1 ratio of absorption intensities for the symmetric versus antisymmetric bands is in good agreement with density functional theory calculations, but in sixfold contrast with simple local mode CH2 bond dipole predictions of 1:3. This discrepancy arises from a surprisingly strong dependence of the symmetric stretch intensity on the inversion bend angle and provides further experimental support for a nonplanar equilibrium structure.     

Inversion vibration of PH3+(X2A2") studied by zero kinetic energy photoelectron spectroscopy

We report the first rotationally resolved spectroscopic studies on PH3+(X2A2") using zero kinetic energy photoelectron spectroscopy and coherent VUV radiation. The spectra about 8000 cm(-1) above the ground vibrational state of PH3+(X2A2") have been recorded. We observed the vibrational energy level splittings of PH3+(X2A2") due to the tunneling effect in the inversion (symmetric bending) vibration (nu2+). The energy splitting for the first inversion vibrational state (0+/0-) is 5.8 cm(-1). The inversion vibrational energy levels, rotational constants, and adiabatic ionization energies (IEs) for nu2+ = 0-16 have been determined. The bond angles between the neighboring P-H bonds and the P-H bond lengths are also obtained using the experimentally determined rotational constants. With the increasing of the inversion vibrational excitations (nu2+), the bond lengths (P-H) increase a little and the bond angles (H-P-H) decrease a lot. The inversion vibrational energy levels have also been calculated by using one dimensional potential model and the results are in good agreement with the experimental data for the first several vibrational levels. In addition to inversion vibration, we also observed firstly the other two vibrational modes: the symmetric P-H stretching vibration (nu1+) and the degenerate bending vibration (nu4+). The fundamental frequencies for nu1+ and nu4+ are 2461.6 (+/-2) and 1043.9 (+/-2) cm(-1), respectively. The first IE for PH3 was determined as 79670.9 (+/-1) cm(-1).     

The visible absorption spectrum of OBrO, investigated by Fourier transform spectroscopy

By the utilization of a new laboratory method to synthesize OBrO employing an electric discharge, the visible absorption spectrum of gaseous OBrO has been investigated. Absorption spectra of OBrO have been recorded at 298 K, using a continuous-scan Fourier transform spectrometer at a spectral resolution of 0.8 cm(-1). A detailed vibrational and rotational analysis of the observed transitions has been carried out. The FTS measurements provide experimental evidence that the visible absorption spectrum of OBrO results from the electronic transition C(2A2)-X(2B1). Vibrational constants have been determined for the C(2A2) state (omega(1) = 648.3 +/- 1.9 cm(-1) and omega 2 = 212.8 +/- 1.2 cm(-1)) and for the X(2B1) state (omega 1 = 804.1 +/- 0.8 cm(-1) and omega 2 = 312.2 +/- 0.5 cm(-1)). The vibrational bands (1,0,0), (2,0,0), and (1,1,0) show rotational structure, whereas the other observed bands are unstructured because of strong predissociation. Rotational constants have been determined experimentally for the upper electronic state C(2A2). By modeling the band contours, predissociation lifetimes have been estimated. Further, an estimate for the absorption cross-section of OBrO has been made by assessing the bromine budget within the gas mixture, and atmospheric lifetimes of OBrO have been calculated using a photochemical model.     

Experimental and theoretical studies of the vibrational spectra of cis-1-bromo-2-fluoroethene

The gas-phase infrared spectrum of cis-1-bromo-2-fluoroethene has been studied at low resolution in the range 200-6500 cm(-1), leading to a complete assignment of the fundamentals, except the lowest vibrational mode nu9 predicted at 167 cm(-1). The remaining vibrational structure has been mainly interpreted in terms of first overtone or two quanta combination bands. Isotopic (79/91)Br shift has been observed only in the nu8 fundamental. The equilibrium structure and the quadratic force field have been investigated theoretically at CCSD(T) level of theory employing Dunning's correlation consistent triple-zeta basis set. Cubic and semidiagonal quartic force field have been calculated using second-order M?ller-Plesset perturbation theory and Ahlrich' split valence (SV) contracted basis set. After a minor scaled quantum mechanical (SQM) adjustment of the quadratic force constants, the vibrational analysis, based on the second-order perturbation theory, has been carried out with the calculated force constants.     

Fermi interaction between the nu1 and the nu2+4 nu(s) bands of Ar...DN2(+)

Two rotationally fully resolved vibrational bands have been assigned unambiguously to the linear deuteron bound Ar...DN(2) (+) complex by using ground state combination differences. The ionic complex is formed in a supersonic planar plasma expansion optimized and controlled by a mass spectrometer and is detected in direct absorption using tunable diode lasers and applying production modulation spectroscopy. The band origins are located at 2436.272 cm(-1) and at 2435.932 cm(-1) and correspond to the nu(1) band (NN stretch) and to the nu(2)+4 nu(s) combination band (DN and intermolecular stretch), respectively. The two bands overlap strongly and the large intensity of the combination band is explained in terms of a Fermi interaction. This interaction perturbs the observed transitions, particularly for low J values. Least-squares fitting yields values for the Fermi interaction parameters of F(0)=0.332 cm(-1) and F(J)=-0.001 46 cm(-1) and results in accurate rotational constants. These are discussed both from an experimental and a theoretical point of view.     

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and ab initio theory of acid-hydrogen sulfide clusters: H2S-HCl, D2S-DCl and H2S-(HCl)(2)

The rotationally resolved Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrum of the nu(s) HCl and DCl stretching bands for the hydrogen bonded complex H2S-HCl and its isotopomer D2S-DCl have been observed in a supersonic jet at 0.02 cm(-1) resolution. In the same experimental conditions, two additional bands observed without rotational structure in the HCl range of the dimer have been assigned to the cyclic trimer H2S-(HCl)(2). The multidimensional coupling picture involving the donor stretch mode nu(s) and low frequency intermolecular modes already evidenced in several medium strength hydrogen bonded complexes is beautifully confirmed by the observation of completely separated hot band progressions in the 198 K cell spectrum of both dimers. Based on our anharmonic adiabatic approach for the treatment of the coupled vibrations, absolute vibrational frequencies, diagonal and off-diagonal anharmonicities as well as rovibrational coupling constants obtained from analyses of several 2-D subspaces at MP2 and CCSD(T) level are in excellent agreement with spectroscopic results. In the case of small light complexes, the combination of elevated rotational constants and a negligible contribution of intramolecular vibrational redistribution (IVR) improve the reliability of predissociation lifetime measurements, estimated to 180 ps for H2S-HCl and above 200 ps for D2S-DCl.     

Darling-Dennison resonance and Coriolis coupling in the bending overtones of the A 1A(u) state of acetylene, C2H2

Rotational analyses have been carried out for the overtones of the nu(4) (torsion) and nu(6) (in-plane cis-bend) vibrations of the A (1)A(u) state of C(2)H(2). The v(4)+v(6)=2 vibrational polyad was observed in high-sensitivity one-photon laser-induced fluorescence spectra and the v(4)+v(6)=3 polyad was observed in IR-UV double resonance spectra via the ground state nu(3) (Sigma(+) (u)) and nu(3)+nu(4) (Pi(u)) vibrational levels. The structures of these polyads are dominated by the effects of vibrational angular momentum: Vibrational levels of different symmetry interact via strong a-and b-axis Coriolis coupling, while levels of the same symmetry interact via Darling-Dennison resonance, where the interaction parameter has the exceptionally large value K(4466)=-51.68 cm(-1). The K-structures of the polyads bear almost no resemblance to the normal asymmetric top patterns, and many local avoided crossings occur between close-lying levels with nominal K-values differing by one or more units. Least squares analysis shows that the coupling parameters change only slightly with vibrational excitation, which has allowed successful predictions of the structures of the higher polyads: A number of weak bands from the v(4)+v(6)=4 and 5 polyads have been identified unambiguously. The state discovered by Scherer et al. [J. Chem. Phys. 85, 6315 (1986)], which appears to interact with the K=1 levels of the 3(3) vibrational state at low J, is identified as the second highest of the five K=1 members of the v(4)+v(6)=4 polyad. After allowing for the Darling-Dennison resonance, the zero-order bending structure can be represented by omega(4)=764.71, omega(6)=772.50, x(44)=0.19, x(66)=-4.23, and x(46)=11.39 cm(-1). The parameters x(46) and K(4466) are both sums of contributions from the vibrational angular momentum and from the anharmonic force field. For x(46) these contributions are 14.12 and -2.73 cm(-1), respectively, while the corresponding values for K(4466) are -28.24 and -23.44 cm(-1). It is remarkable how severely the coupling of nu(4) and nu(6) distorts the overtone polyads, and also how in this case the effects of vibrational angular momentum outweigh those of anharmonicity in causing the distortion.     

Study of the H-F stretching band in the absorption spectrum of (CH3)2O...HF in the gas phase

The absorption spectra of the (CH3)2O...HF complex in the range of 4200-2800 cm(-1) were recorded in the gas phase at a resolutions of 0.1 cm(-1) at T = 190-340 K. The spectra obtained were used to analyze their structure and to determine the temperature dependencies of the first and second spectral moments. The band shape of the (CH3)2O...HF complex in the region of the nu1(HF) stretching mode was reconstructed nonempirically. The nu1 and nu3 stretching vibrations and four bending vibrations responsible for the formation of the band shape were considered. The equilibrium geometry and the 1D-4D potential energy surfaces were calculated at the MP2 6-311++G(2d,2p) level with the basis set superposition error taken into account. On the basis of these surfaces, a number of one- and multidimensional anharmonic vibrational problems were solved by the variational method. Solutions of auxiliary 1D and 2D vibrational problems showed the strong coupling between the modes. The energy levels, transition frequencies and intensities, and the rotational constants for the combining vibrational states necessary to reconstruct the spectrum were obtained from solutions of the 4D problem (nu1, nu3, nu5(B2), nu6(B2)) and the 2D problem (nu5(B1), nu6(B1)). The theoretical spectra reconstructed for different temperatures as a superposition of rovibrational bands associated with the fundamental, hot, sum, and difference transitions reproduce the shape and separate spectral features of the experimental spectra. The calculated value of the nu1 frequency is 3424 cm(-1). Along with the frequencies and absolute intensities, the calculation yields the vibrationally averaged values of the separation between the centers of mass of the monomers Rc.-of-m., R(O...F), and r(HF) for different states. In particular, upon excitation of the nu1 mode, Rc.-of-m. becomes shorter by 0.0861 A, and r(HF) becomes longer by 0.0474 A.     

Laser induced fluorescence spectroscopy of the C3N radical

Electronic spectra of the C3N radical have been observed for the first time in the near ultraviolet wavelength region by laser induced fluorescence (LIF) spectroscopy. Seventeen vibronic bands of the B 2Pii-X 2Sigma+ electronic transition system of C3N were identified in LIF spectra of products in a discharge of HC3N. The origin of the B 2Pii state was determined to be 27,929.985(1) cm(-1) from rovibrational analyses. It was found that observations of two types of 2Sigma vibronic levels, which have 2Sigma+ and 2Sigma+/- symmetries originated from excitations of the nu4 trans-bending mode (omega4=369.1(20) cm(-1)) with a large Renner-Teller (RT) interaction (epsilon4=-0.1549(50)), and the nu5 cis-bending mode (omega5=163.24(84) cm(-1)) with a small Renner-Teller interaction (epsilon5=-0.0503(68)), respectively. Vibronic levels, with excitations of the C-C stretching (omega3=869.7 cm(-1)) mode, were also identified. The spin-orbit interaction constant was determined to be Aso=-36.7(50) cm(-1) from the RT analysis. In dispersed fluorescence spectra from B 2Pii, vibrational structures of the low-lying electronically excited A 2Pii state were clearly observed with a strong progression due to the nu3' mode, together with those of the X 2Sigma+ state with weak intensities. The origin of A 2Pii, T0=1844(3) cm(-1), and the vibrational frequencies, omega3'=883(3) cm(-1) and omega5'=121(3) cm(-1) for A 2Pii, and omega3"=1054(3) cm(-1), omega4"=405(3) cm(-1), and omega5"=131(3) cm(-1) for X 2Sigma+, were determined. Time profiles of fluorescence from B 2Pii have short (50-200 ns) and long (>1 micros) decay components with quantum beats, indicating that there is a competition between radiative decay and the nonradiative internal conversion to vibrationally highly excited A 2Pii and X 2Sigma+.     

Rovibrational characterization of X 2Sigma+ 11BH+ by the extrapolation of photoselected high Rydberg series in 11BH

Optical-optical-optical triple-resonance spectroscopy of (11)BH isolates high Rydberg states that form series converging to rotational state specific ionization potentials in the vibrational levels of (11)BH(+) from nu(+)=0 through 4. Limits defined by a comprehensive fit of these series to state-detailed thresholds yield rovibrational constants describing the X (2)Sigma(+) state of (11)BH(+). The data provide a first determination of the vibrational-rotational interaction parameter alpha(e)=0.4821 cm(-1) and a more accurate estimate of omega(e)=2526.58 cm(-1) together with the higher-order anharmonic terms omega(e)x(e)=61.98 cm(-1) and omega(e)y(e)=-1.989 cm(-1). The deperturbation and global fit of series to state-detailed limits also yield a precise value of the adiabatic ionization potential of (11)BH of 79 120.3+/-0.1 cm(-1), or 9.810 33+/-1x10(-5) eV. High precision is afforded here by the use of graphical analysis techniques, narrow-bandwidth laser systems, and an analysis of newly observed, high principal quantum number Rydberg states that conform well with Hund's case (d) electron-core coupling limit.     

Infrared overtone spectroscopy and vibrational analysis of a Fermi resonance in nitric acid: Experiment and theory

High resolution infrared spectra of nitric acid have been recorded in the first OH overtone region under jet-cooled conditions using a sequential IR-UV excitation method. Vibrational bands observed at 6933.39(3), 6938.75(4), and 6951.985(3) cm(-1) (origins) with relative intensities of 0.42(1), 0.38(1), and 0.20(1) are attributed to strongly mixed states involved in a Fermi resonance. A vibrational deperturbation analysis suggests that the optically bright OH overtone stretch (2nu1) at 6939.2(1) cm(-1) is coupled directly to the nu1 + 2nu2 state at 6946.4(1) cm(-1) and indirectly to the 3nu2 + nu3 + nu7 state at 6938.5(1) cm(-1). Both the identity of the zero-order states and the indirect coupling scheme are deduced from complementary CCSD(T) calculations in conjunction with second-order vibrational perturbation theory. The deperturbation analysis also yields the experimental coupling between 2nu1 and nu1 + 2nu2 of -6.9(1) cm(-1), and that between the two dark states of +5.0(1) cm(-1). The calculated vibrational energies and couplings are in near quantitative agreement with experimentally derived values except for a predicted twofold stronger coupling of 2nu1 to nu1 + 2nu2. Weaker coupling of the strongly mixed states to a dense background of vibrational states via intramolecular vibrational energy redistribution is evident from the experimental linewidths of 0.08 and 0.25 cm(-1) for the higher energy and two overlapping lower energy bands, respectively. A comprehensive rotational analysis of the higher energy band yields spectroscopic parameters and the direction of the OH overtone transition dipole moment.     

Assignment of rovibrational transitions of propyne in the region of 2934-2952 cm(-1) measured by two-color IR-vacuum ultraviolet laser photoion-photoelectron methods

The infrared (IR) spectrum of propyne in the region of 2934-2952 cm(-1) has been recorded by the IR-vacuum ultraviolet (VUV)-photoion method. The spectrum is shown to consist of two near-resonant, but noncoupled vibrational bands: the nu2 symmetric methyl C-H stretching vibrational band and a combination vibrational band nucs. The previously unobserved Q line of the nucs band is observed. The rotational transition lines of the nu2=1 band produces IR-VUV-pulsed field ionization-photoelectron (IR-VUV-PFI-PE) signal at the C3H4+ (nu2+=1) photoionization threshold. The rotational transition lines associated with the nucs band do not produce IR-VUV-PFI-PE signal. Rotational transition lines of both vibrational bands are assigned and simulated; and ab initio calculations further confirm the assignment.     

Fourier transform infrared emission spectra of MgH and MgD

High resolution Fourier transform infrared emission spectra of MgH and MgD have been recorded. The molecules were generated in an emission source that combines an electrical discharge with a high temperature furnace. Several vibration-rotation bands were observed for all six isotopomers in the X (2)Sigma(+) ground electronic state: v=1-->0 to 4-->3 for (24)MgH, v=1-->0 to 3-->2 for (25)MgH and (26)MgH, v=1-->0 to 5-->4 for (24)MgD, v=1-->0 to 4-->3 for (25)MgD and (26)MgD. The new data were combined with the previous ground state data, obtained from diode laser vibration-rotation measurements and pure rotation spectra, and spectroscopic constants were determined for the v=0 to 4 levels of (24)MgH and the v=0 to 5 levels of (24)MgD. In addition, Dunham constants and Born-Oppenheimer breakdown correction parameters were obtained in a combined fit of the six isotopomers. The equilibrium vibrational constants (omega(e)) for (24)MgH and (24)MgD were found to be 1492.776(7) cm(-1) and 1077.298(5) cm(-1), respectively, while the equilibrium rotational constants (B(e)) are 5.825 523(8) cm(-1) and 3.034 344(4) cm(-1). The associated equilibrium bond distances (r(e)) were determined to be 1.729 721(1) A for (24)MgH and 1.729 157(1) A for (24)MgD.     

The d (3)Pi(g)-c (3)Sigma(u) (+) band system of C2

A two-dimensional fluorescence (excitation/emission) spectrum of C2 produced in an acetylene discharge was used to identify and separate emission bands from the d (3)Pi(g)<--c (3)Sigma(u) (+) and d (3)Pi(g)<--a (3)Pi(u) excitations. Rotationally resolved excitation spectra of the (4<--1), (5<--1), (5<--2), and (7<--3) bands in the d (3)Pi(g)<--c (3)Sigma(u) (+) system of C2 were observed by laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy. The molecular constants of each vibrational level, determined from rotational analysis, were used to calculate the spectroscopic constants of the c (3)Sigma(u) (+) state. The principal molecular constants for the c (3)Sigma(u) (+) state are B(e)=1.9319(19) cm(-1), alpha(e)=0.018 55(69) cm(-1), omega(e)=2061.9 cm(-1), omega(e)x(e)=14.84 cm(-1), and T(0)(c-a)=8662.925(3) cm(-1). We report also the first experimental observations of dispersed fluorescence from the d (3)Pi(g) state to the c (3)Sigma(u) (+) state, namely, d (3)Pi(g)(v=3)-->c (3)Sigma(u) (+)(v=0,1).     

Rotational and vibrational relaxation of methane excited to 2nu3 in CH4/H2 and CH4/He mixtures at 296 and 193 K from double-resonance measurements

A series of time-resolved IR-IR double-resonance experiments have been conducted where methane molecules are excited into a selected rovibrational level of the 2nu3(F2) vibrational substate of the tetradecad and where the time evolution of the population of the various energy levels is probed by a tunable continuous wave laser. The rotational relaxation and vibrational energy transfer processes occurring in methane upon inelastic CH4-H2 and CH4-He collisions have been investigated by this technique at room temperature and at 193 K. By probing transitions in which either the lower or the upper level is the laser-excited level, rotational depopulation rates in the 2nu3(F2) substate were measured. The rate constants for CH4-H2 collisions were found to be 17.7 +/- 2.0 and 18.9 +/- 2.0 micros(-1) Torr(-1) at 296 and 193 K, respectively, and for CH(4)-He collisions they are 12.1 +/- 1.5 and 16.0 +/- 2.0 micros(-1) Torr(-1) at the same temperatures. The vibrational relaxation was investigated by probing other stretching transitions such as 2nu3(F2) - nu3, nu3 + 2nu4 - 2nu4, and nu3 + nu4 - nu4. A kinetic model, taking into account the main collisional processes connecting energy levels up to 6000 cm(-1), that has been developed to describe the various relaxation pathways allowed us to calculate the temporal evolution of populations in these levels and to simulate double-resonance signals. The different rate coefficients of the vibrational relaxation processes involved in these mixtures were determined by fitting simulated signals to the observed signals corresponding to assigned transitions. For vibration to translation energy transfer processes, hydrogen is a much more efficient collision partner than helium, nitrogen, or methane itself at 193 K as well as at room temperature.     

Photoinitiated predissociation of the NO dimer in the region of the second and third NO stretch overtones

Photofragment yield spectra and NO(X(2)Pi(1/2,3/2); v = 1, 2, 3) product vibrational, rotational, and spin-orbit state distributions were measured following NO dimer excitation in the 4000-7400 cm(-1) region in a molecular beam. Photofragment yield spectra were obtained by monitoring NO(X(2)Pi; v = 1, 2, 3) dissociation products via resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization. New bands that include the symmetric nu(1) and asymmetric nu(5) NO stretch modes were observed and assigned as 3nu(5), 2nu(1) + nu(5), nu(1) + 3nu(5), and 3nu(1) + nu(5). Dissociation occurs primarily via Deltav = -1 processes with vibrational energy confined preferentially to one of the two NO fragments. The vibrationally excited fragments are born with less rotational energy than predicted statistically, and fragments formed via Deltav = -2 processes have a higher rotational temperature than those produced via Deltav = -1 processes. The rotational excitation likely derives from the transformation of low-lying bending and torsional vibrational levels in the dimer into product rotational states. The NO spin-orbit state distribution reveals a slight preference for the ground (2)Pi(1/2) state, and in analogy with previous results, it is suggested that the predominant channel is X(2)Pi(1/2) + X(2)Pi(3/2). It is suggested that the long-range potential in the N-N coordinate is the locus of nonadiabatic transitions to electronic states correlating with excited product spin-orbit states. No evidence of direct excitation to electronic states whose vertical energies lie in the investigated energy region is obtained.     

Vibrational coherence of I2 in solid Kr

Time-resolved coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering, with a resolution of 20 fs, is used to prepare a broadband vibrational superposition on the ground electronic state of I2 isolated in solid Kr. The coherent evolution of a packet consisting of nu=1-6 is monitored for as many as 1000 periods, allowing a precise analysis of the material response and radiation coherence. The molecular vibrations are characterized by omega(e)=211.330(2) cm(-1), omega(e)x(e)=0.6523(6) cm(-1), omega(e)y(e)=2.9(1) x 10(-3) cm(-1); the dephasing rates at 32 K range from 110 ps for nu=1 to 34 ps for nu=6, with nu dependence: gamma(nu)=8.5 x 10(-3)+4.9 x 10(-4)nu2+2.1 x 10(-6)nu4 ps(-1). The signal amplitude is also modulated at omega(q)=41.56(3) cm(-1); which can be interpreted as coupling between the molecule and a local mode. The surprising implication is that this resonant local mode is decoupled from the lattice phonons, a finding that cannot be rationalized based on a normal-mode analysis.