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	Discipline(s) :	Physical, chemical, mathematical & earth Sciences : Chemistry
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Title :	The Vacuum UV Photoabsorption Spectrum of Methyl bromide (CH3Br) and its perdeuterated isotopomer CD3Br: a Rydberg Series Analysis.
Language :	English
Alternative title :	[fr] Le spectre de photoabsorption UV sous vide du Bromure de Méthyle (CH3Br) et de son isotopomère perdeutérié CD3Br: une analyse des séries de Rydberg.
Author, co-author :	Locht, Robert [Université de Liège - ULg > Services généraux (Faculté des sciences) > Relations académiques et scientifiques (Sciences) >]
	Leyh, Bernard [Université de Liège - ULg > Département de chimie (sciences) > Laboratoire de dynamique moléculaire >]
	Jochims, H.-W. [Freie Universität Berlin > > Institut für Physikalische Chemie > >]
	Baumgärtel, H. [Freie Universität Berlin > > Institut für Physikalische Chemie > >]
Publication date :	2005
Journal title :	Chemical Physics
Publisher :	Elsevier Science
Volume :	317
Pages :	73-86
Audience :	International
ISSN :	0301-0104
City :	Amsterdam
Country :	The Netherlands
Keywords :	[en] Photoabsorption ; Rydberg Series ; Exchange interaction ; Spin-orbit coupling ; CH3Br ; CD3Br
Abstract :	[en] The vacuum UV photoabsorption spectrum of CH3Br has been recorded between 6 and 25 eV. A large number of vibronic bands are observed. They were partly ascribed to vibrationless Rydberg transitions. In the high photon energy range of 12-25 eV, very weak diffuse bands are mostly assigned to transitions from the 3a1, 1e and (2a1+1a1) to 3s orbitals. In the 6-12 eV photon energy range, numerous weak to strong bands are observed. The sharpness is very variable over the entire spectral region. In a first step, the interpretation of the spectrum and the assignment of the Rydberg transitions is based on the simple Rydberg formula. The observed features are classified in two groups of four series, each converging to one of the two spin-orbit components of the X2E state of CH3Br+. Rydberg series of nsa1, npa1, npe and nd and possibly nf characters are observed. The same measurements have been made for the first time on CD3Br in the 6-12 eV photon energy range. The observed features are classified into the same Rydberg series characterized by nearly the same delta values. Ionization energies for CD3Br X2E3/2 at 10.565 eV and X2E1/2 at 10.902 eV are deduced. In a second step, we fitted the experimental data to an energy expression taking into account both the exchange interaction and the spin-orbit coupling. Already states with n=6 are found to correspond to Hund's case (c). Constant values of the quantum defects are deduced.
Research units :	Laboratoire de Dynamique Moléculaire, BESSY
Funders :	Eu Contract n° HPRI-1999-CT-00028 in the EU-TMR Programme., ARC
Target :	Researchers
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/879
Other URL :	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03010104 - Hannelore Keller-Rudek, Geert K. Moortgat, MPI-Mainz-UV-VIS Spectral Atlas of Gaseous Molecules, www.atmosphere.mpg.de/spectral-atlas-mainz
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