Dissociation processes of Kr2(+) and Kr3(+) studied by threshold photoelectron-photoion coincidence measurements.
A time-of-flight (TOF) ion mass spectrum in coincidence with threshold photoelectrons was measured in the photon energy region between the first and second dissociation limits of Kr2(+) to examine the decay processes of the Kr2(+) II(1/2u) state. The measured TOF spectrum reveals that Kr+ fragment ions are produced through dissociation of the repulsive I(1/2g) state, which can be formed by the decay process of the II(1/2u) state accompanied with emission of photons. The potential-energy curve of the I(1/2g) state is deduced with detailed analysis of the observed TOF spectrum, in which the radiative lifetime of the II(1/2u) state was also derived to be 2.5 micros. Additionally, evidence of the dissociation process of Kr3(+) ions was obtained in the same photon energy region, where the dominant channel is Kr3(+) --> Kr2(+) + Kr.
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Physics Division, Faculty of Medical Science, University of Fukui, Matsuoka, Fukui 910-1193, Japan. yoshii@fmsrsa.fukui-med.ac.jp
Tsukamoto
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Hayaishi
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Aoto
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Ito
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Morioka
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