Long-lived high-Rydberg molecules formed by electron impact: H/sub 2/, D/sub 2/, N/sub 2/, and CO
Journal Article
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· J. Chem. Phys.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6562358
High-Rydberg (HR) molecules of H/sub 2/, D/sub 2/, N/sub 2/, and CO have been observed with lifetimes of the order of 100 ..mu..sec. They are stable with respect to predissociation and autoionization and have sufficiently long radiative lifetimes to be detected because they are formed in states of high orbital angular momentum (l). These high-Rydberg molecules are produced by electron impact and are detected by electric field ionization. The measurements used to characterize them are time of flight (TOF) distributions, principal quantum number (n) distributions, excitation functions, and absolute cross sections.
- Research Organization:
- Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ
- OSTI ID:
- 6562358
- Journal Information:
- J. Chem. Phys.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Chem. Phys.; (United States) Vol. 74:5; ISSN JCPSA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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640304* -- Atomic
Molecular & Chemical Physics-- Collision Phenomena
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON MONOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
COLLISIONS
DATA
DEUTERIUM
ELECTRON COLLISIONS
ELECTRON-MOLECULE COLLISIONS
ELEMENTS
ENERGY LEVELS
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
EXCITATION
EXCITED STATES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
HYDROGEN
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
INFORMATION
ISOTOPES
LIFETIME
LIGHT NUCLEI
MOLECULE COLLISIONS
NITROGEN
NONMETALS
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
STABLE ISOTOPES
Molecular & Chemical Physics-- Collision Phenomena
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON MONOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
COLLISIONS
DATA
DEUTERIUM
ELECTRON COLLISIONS
ELECTRON-MOLECULE COLLISIONS
ELEMENTS
ENERGY LEVELS
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
EXCITATION
EXCITED STATES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
HYDROGEN
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
INFORMATION
ISOTOPES
LIFETIME
LIGHT NUCLEI
MOLECULE COLLISIONS
NITROGEN
NONMETALS
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
STABLE ISOTOPES