Prediction of a predissociation in the A2Σ+of HCl+and DCl+

Abstract
Self-consistent field calculations have been made of the potential energy curves for three states of HCl+, using a basis set believed to give energies very close to the Hartree- Fock limit. The curve for the 4 Pi state, dissociating to H(2S) and Cl+(3P), crosses that of A2 Sigma + state. Since these states may interact by spin-orbit coupling, a predissociation may occur in the A2 Sigma + state. Calculations of the magnitude of this effect for both HCl+ and DCl+ gives results compatible with observed emission and photoelectron spectra.

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