Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Open-Shell van der Waals Molecules

在这个实验物理化学项目中， Heaven教授将在化学系的 开壳层货车范德华分子的电子光谱。 等 研究应该有助于理解碰撞过程， 具有不成对电子的原子或分子。 高分辨率的电子光谱将获得几个 原型分子由双原子自由基和一个贵金属组成， 例如氖或氩的气体原子。 分子常数推导 从这些光谱将被用来确定势能 电子激发态和基态的表面。 电子和振动的预解离速率将是 测量激发态，并计算这些速率 将基于实验得出的势能 表面。

In this project in the Experimental Physical Chemistry Program of the Chemistry Division, Prof. Heaven will study the electronic spectra of open-shell van der Waals molecules. Such studies should help understand collisional processes involving atoms or molecules having unpaired electrons. High resolution electronic spectra will be obtained for several prototype molecules consisting of diatomic radicals and a noble gas atom such as neon or argon. Molecular constants derived from these spectra will be used to determine potential energy surfaces for the electronically excited and ground states. Electronic and vibrational predissociation rates will be measured for excited states, and calculations of these rates will be made based on experimentally derived potential energy surfaces.