PULSED FIELD IONIZATION ZERO KINETIC ENERGY ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY OF HIGHLY VIBRATIONALLY EXCITTED ${H_{2}}^{+} (X^{2}{\sum^{+}}_{g})$
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1995
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Ohio State University
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The results of a pulsed field ionization zero kinetic energy electron spectroscopy (PFI-ZEKE) study of the highly vibrationally excited $(v^{+} > 12)$ states of the hydrogen ion are reported. The current the oretical understanding of the energy levels of the hydrogen molecular ion provides a unique opportunity for testing the ability of the PFI-ZEKE method to measure ionic energy levels. Depending on current progress we may report on going experiments on the lifetimes of highly vibrationally excited ion-pair states of molecular hydrogen. These experiments will help determine the viability of a technique analogous to mass analyzed threshold ionization spectroscopy (MATI) for the accurate determination of bond dissociation energies.
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Author Institution: University of Waterloo, Waterloo. Ont. N21. 3GI. Canada