Two studies in gas-phase ion spectroscopy

Abstract

The research involves two aspects of the spectroscopy and reaction kinetics of gas-phase ions. First, the observation and analysis of negative ions following vacuum-ultraviolet excitation of polyatomic molecules using tunable radiation from a synchrotron source. Second, the determination of rate coefficients and branching ratios of either cations or anions reacting with polyatomic molecules in a Selected Ion Flow Tube at 298 K