Crossed molecular beam studies on the interaction potentials for F(2P) + Ne,Ar,Kr(1S)

Abstract

Angular distributions are presented of F(2 P 3/2,1/2) scattered off Ne,Ar, and Kr in the thermal energy range measured in crossed molecular beams experiments. The data are analyzed as previously done for the F–Xe system to obtain the interaction potential curves for the three relevant states (X 1/2, I 3/2 II 1/2)governing the scattering. The resulting X 1/2 curves for the fluorine– rare gas systems show no simple trend and the origin of these interactions is discussed. The I 3/2 and II 1/2 states resemble those of the ground state Ne–Ne,Ar,Kr systems.