High-resolution spectroscopy of NO in helium droplets: a prototype for open shell molecular interactions in a quantum solvent |
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Authors: | von Haeften K Metzelthin A Rudolph S Staemmler V Havenith M |
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Institution: | Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie II, Ruhr-Universit?t Bochum, Universit?tsstrasse 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany. |
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Abstract: | We have measured the high-resolution infrared spectrum of the radical NO in the (2)Pi(1/2) state in superfluid helium nanodroplets. The features are attributed to the -doubling splitting and the hyperfine structure. The hyperfine interaction is found to be unaffected by the He solvation. For the Lambda-doubling splitting, we find a considerable increase by 55% compared to the gas phase. This is explained by a confinement of the electronically excited NO states by the surrounding He. The rotational level spacing is decreased to 76% of the gas phase value. The IR transition to the J=1.5 state is found to be homogeneously broadened. We attribute both observations to the coupling between the molecular rotation and phonon/roton excitations in superfluid (4)He droplets. |
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