Abstract
High sensitivity photodetachment cross-section measurements of SF6- are performed near the adiabatic threshold limit. The extraction of adiabatic detachment energy (ADE) from the high sensitivity measurement of the cross-section change as a function of photon energy is discussed. Below the vertical detachment energy a steep 4 orders of magnitude cross-section drop is observed, with cross sections as low as 2 × 10-6 Å2 measured for photon energies below 2 eV. The cross-section is fitted with both the expected spectral shape based on recently calculated Frank-Condon overlaps and a phenomenological threshold function. The resulting 1.7 ± 0.02 eV ADE values are significantly higher than previously recommended experimental ADE values obtained based on kinetics modeling, and possible differences between the experimental approaches are discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 7670-7675 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 28 Mar 2015 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Physics and Astronomy
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry