Velocity Selection by Doppler Shift: A General Method for Studying Excited-State Collisions

18 November 1974

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 33 (21), 1254-1257
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.33.1254

Abstract

We show that the Doppler shift can provide velocity resolution in excited-state molecular-collision experiments which is comparable to that obtainable in molecular-beam machines. In addition, the state of the quasimolecule formed in the collision can be selected.

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