Affiliation: | a Advanced Technology Research Center, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., 8-1, Sachiura 1, Kanazawa, Yokohama 236, Japan b Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada K1A 0R6 |
Abstract: | Rovibrational spectra of H3+, HN2+, and H3O+ generated in discharge jet-expansion have been studied using a difference-frequency infrared source. The rotational temperatures were determined to be 120 ± 20, 273 ± 20 and 150 ± 20 K for H3+, HN2+, and H3O+, respectively. Some dynamic phenomena of the jet-discharges are also discussed. |