Halogen-atom beam formation

Energy disposal in the reactions of electronically excited inert gas atoms with halogen-containing molecules has been studied by observing the ultraviolet or visible emission spectra of the inert gas halide exciplex products under flow or molecular beam conditions. The experimental information consists of branching ratios for the formation of different electronic states of the inert gas halide, vibrational population distributions (obtained by computer simulation of the bound-free spectrum) and the degree of polarisation of the chemiluminescence emission. The metastable inert gases have ionisation potentials that are very similar... 

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