Multiphoton ionization of NO-rare gas van der Waals species

Abstract

Multiphoton ionization spectra are presented for several NO-rare gas van der Waals molecules. Structured excitation spectra of the ArNO cluster associated with the B2II (v = 9), C2II (v = 0, 1, 2, 3), and D2Σ+ (v = 0) states of NO are observed as well as an unstructured, presumably dissociative, spectrum near the A2Σ+ (v = 0) state. The C state was also observed for NeNO and KrNO. The series of clusters ArnNO+ (1 ≤ n ≤ 7) was observed but yielded only structureless excitation spectra. © 1985 American Chemical Society.