Charge-transfer rate constants for N+/2 (v=0-4) with Ar at thermal energies

Published

July 1, 1996

Author(s)

S Kato, J A. de Gouw, C D. Lin, V M. Bierbaum, S R. Leone

Abstract

Rate constants for the charge-transfer reaction N₂⁺(V)+ Ar>N₂+Ar⁺ are measured at thermal energies as a function of initial vibrational excitation by laser-induced fluorescence. The reaction is slow for v=0, whereas the rate constants for v=1-4 are large (approximately equal to} 0.5 Langevin rate) and show little vibrational dependence. The rate constants are quantitatively described by a simple model based on energy resonance and a set of modified Franck-Condon factors, which take into account the change in vibrational wave functions of N₂⁺ and N₂ at short (N₂-Ar)⁺ distances.

Citation

Chemical Physics Letters

Volume

256

Issue

No. 3

Pub Type

Journals

Keywords

argon, ions, laser fluorescence, nitrogen, vibration

Citation

Kato, S. , de Gouw, J. , Lin, C. , Bierbaum, V. and Leone, S. (1996), Charge-transfer rate constants for N+/2 (v=0-4) with Ar at thermal energies, Chemical Physics Letters (Accessed April 25, 2024)