Determination of the Binding Energy of Excited Rare Gas Dimers.
Abstract
Elastic scattering angular distributions have been measured for scattering of beams of metastable Ar(*), Ne(*), and Xe(*) by their respective ground state atoms at collision energies in the eV range. For neon and argon, calculations have been performed to obtain improved estimates of the relevant interatomic potentials. For the lowest Ar2(*) excimer potential, 1(u), 0(u) - (3 Sigma u), the best available molecular beam and spectroscopic emission data are consistent with the following parameters in Morse-shape potential: D(e) = 0.78 plus or minus 0.04 eV; R(e) = 2.33 plus or minus 0.02 A; omega(e) = 322 plus or minus 20/cm.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 23, 1976
- Accession Number
- ADA029458
Entities
People
- Keith T. Gillen
Organizations
- SRI International