title: Laser spectroscopy of CdKr molecules in ultraviolet region.
abstract: Excitation spectra of the A0+(5(3)P1)<--X0+(5(1)S0), B1(5(3)P1)<--X0+ and D1(5(1)P1)<--X0+ transitions as well as a fluorescence spectrum of the D1(v') = 16 --> X0+ transition in CdKr van der Waals molecule has been recorded in an experiment of a continuous supersonic molecular beam crossed with a pulsed dye laser beam. A rigorous analysis of the excitation spectra based on Birge-Sponer and LeRoy-Bernstein methods aided with a computer calculation, utilizing a program of near dissociation expansion lead to the X0+- and improved A0+-, B1- and D1-state characterizations. Evidence of a theoretically predicted potential barrier within the B1-state well was found and discussed with regard to the latest result of ab initio calculation. An analysis of bound-bound and bound-free parts of the fluorescence spectrum confirmed a v'-assignment and indicated that Morse and Maitland-Smith M-S (n0, n1) functions are adequate representations of the bound well and repulsive wall of the X0+-state potential energy curve, respectively. All spectroscopic characteristics obtained in this work are compared with newest theoretical studies of this complex.
authors.affiliation: Instytut Fizyki, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Kraków, Poland. ufkopers@cyf-kr.edu.pl
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Koperski
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lukomski
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Czajkowski
mesh_terms: D002104:Cadmium / Q000737:chemistry*; D004583:Electrons; D007726:Krypton / Q000737:chemistry*; D007834:Lasers; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D002104:Cadmium; D007726:Krypton