4 research outputs found
Light emission from heteronuclear Ar-Kr doubly ionized excimer molecules
Light emission from a  ~100 mbar Ar-Kr mixture excited by a pulsed discharge is
described. The discharge was arranged to form a homogeneous cathode layer and spatial
filtering was used to measure time-dependent spectra emitted from a region where electrons
accelerated in the cathode sheath induce the light emission. Novel excimer bands were
observed around a wavelength of 315Â nm in addition to the better known so called third
excimer continua of Ar and Kr. A tentative assignment for these bands to charge-transfer
transitions: ArKr2+ → Kr+ + Ar+ + hν is provided and discussed in the context of earlier works on
heteronuclear ionic excimer molecules. Predictions for the wavelength positions of similar
emission bands are provided for other combinations of noble gases. The rate constants for
the formation of heteronuclear ArKr2+ excimers in three-body reactions and
two-body collisional quenching of Kr2+∗ ions by Ar atoms have been determined
from the time dependence of the ArKr2+ emission