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Laser-induced fluorescence studies of HfF+ produced by autoionization.
- Source :
- Journal of Chemical Physics; 10/21/2011, Vol. 135 Issue 15, p154308, 7p, 2 Diagrams, 1 Chart, 3 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Autoionization of Rydberg states of HfF, prepared using the optical-optical double resonance technique, holds promise to create HfF+ in a particular Zeeman level of a rovibronic state for an electron electric dipole moment search. We characterize a vibronic band of Rydberg HfF at 54 cm-1 above the lowest ionization threshold and directly probe the state of the ions formed from this vibronic band by performing laser-induced fluorescence on the ions. The Rydberg HfF molecules show a propensity to decay into only a few ion rotational states of a given parity and are found to preserve their orientation qualitatively upon autoionization. We show empirically that we can create 30% of the total ion yield in a particular |J+, M+> state and present a simplified model describing autoionization from a given Rydberg state that assumes no angular dynamics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00219606
- Volume :
- 135
- Issue :
- 15
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Chemical Physics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 66715519
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3652333