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Threshold photoelectron spectrum of HOBr

Journal Article · · Journal of Chemical Physics; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.468012· OSTI ID:6804554
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  1. Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)

The threshold photoelectron spectrum (TPES) of HOBr has been obtained in the wavelength regions corresponding to the first and second ionization bands. The adiabatic ionization potential (IP) is 10.642[plus minus]0.005 eV; the O--Br stretching frequency in this [ital X] [sup 2][ital A][double prime] state is found to be 730[plus minus]20 cm[sup [minus]1]. The adiabatic IP for the first excited state ([ital A] [sup 2][ital A][prime]) of HOBr[sup +] is 11.448[plus minus]0.005 eV. The latter value confirms an earlier, tentative conclusion based on the interpretation of autoionizing structure in the photoionization mass spectrum (PIMS). There is a slight difference in the TPES and PIMS values of the first adiabatic IP, whose origin is still somewhat ambiguies.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
6804554
Journal Information:
Journal of Chemical Physics; (United States), Journal Name: Journal of Chemical Physics; (United States) Vol. 101:11; ISSN JCPSA6; ISSN 0021-9606
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English