Observation of Rydberg ( $C {}^{2}Π$ )-valence ( $B {}^{2}Π$ ) Interactions in NO by Multiphoton Photoelectron Spectroscopy

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5 July 1982

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 49 (1) , 28-31
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.49.28

Abstract

Photoelectron spectra for the three-photon resonant, five-photon ionization of NO via the

v^{''} = 0

level of the

C {}^{2}Π (3 p π)

Rydberg state show that N

O^{+}

(

X {}^{1}Σ^{+}

) is formed primarily in

v^{'} = 0

and

v^{'} >~ 3

. The relative populations of the

v^{'} = 0

to

v^{'} >~ 3

levels are strongly dependent on the excited rotational level of the

C

state. These data are consistent with known perturbations between the nearly degenerate

C {}^{2}Π

,

v^{''} = 0

Rydberg and

B {}^{2}Π

,

v = 7

valence levels.

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