Interaction potentials for Br(2p) + Ar, Kr, Xe (1s) by the crossed molecular beams method. Interim report
Angular distributions of Br((2)P sub 3/2, 1/2) scattered off Ar, Kr, and Xe ((1) S sub 0) in the thermal energy range were measured in crossed molecular beams experiments. Interaction potentials for the X(1/2) and I(3/2) states are derived by using an approximate elastic scattering analysis, which neglects interstate coupling, as previously done for F-Xe,Kr,Ar,Ne and C1-Xe. While the Br-Xe X(1/2) potential (epsilon = 0.645 kcal/mole, r sub m = 3.80 A) shows a stronger interaction than the interaction potential of Kr-Xe, the Br-Kr (epsilon = 0.460 kcal/mole, r sub m = 3.90 A) and Br-Ar (epsilon = 0.380 kcal/mole, r sub m = 3.73 A) X(1/2) potentials are closer to those of the corresponding rare gas pairs. The I(3/2) potential for all three systems is found to have a shallower epsilon, a slightly larger r sub m and a more repulsive wall than the 1(Sigma +) potential of the corresponding rare gas pair. The origin of these interactions is discussed and an attempt to examine the rare gas halides ground state bonding is presented.
- Research Organization:
- California Univ., Berkeley (USA). Lawrence Berkeley Lab.
- OSTI ID:
- 5458407
- Report Number(s):
- AD-A-104002/1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Molecular & Chemical Physics-- Collision Phenomena
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION
ARGON
ATOM COLLISIONS
ATOM-MOLECULE COLLISIONS
BEAMS
BROMINE
COLLISIONS
DISTRIBUTION
ELASTIC SCATTERING
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELEMENTS
FLUIDS
GASES
HALOGENS
KRYPTON
MOLECULAR BEAMS
MOLECULE COLLISIONS
NONMETALS
RADIATIONS
RARE GASES
SCATTERING
THERMAL RADIATION
XENON