Physics – Chemical Physics
Scientific paper
2008-08-28
J. Chem. Phys. 129, 164312 (2008)
Physics
Chemical Physics
22 pages, 5 figures, submitted to JCP
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.2994730
We have performed chemical probing spectroscopy of H3+ ions trapped in a cryogenic 22-pole ion trap. The ions were buffer-gas cooled to 55K by collisions with helium and argon. Excitation to states above the barrier to linearity was achieved by a Ti:Sa laser operated between 11300 and 13300 cm-1. Subsequent collisions of the excited H3+ ions with argon lead to the formation of ArH+ ions that were detected by a quadrupole mass spectrometer with high sensitivity. We report the observation of 17 previously unobserved transitions to states above the barrier to linearity. Comparison to theoretical calculations suggests that the transition strengths of some of these lines are more than five orders of magnitude smaller than those of the fundamental band, which renders them - to the best of our knowledge - the weakest H3+ transitions observed to date.
Berg Max
Bing Dennis
Kreckel Holger
Petrignani Annemieke
Reinhardt Sascha
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