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Spectroscopy of Na3

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Zeitschrift für Physik D Atoms, Molecules and Clusters

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The excitation spectrum of Na3 was systematically investigated from 700 to 330 nm. Four excited states were observed. One of them exhibits fractional quantization of the vibronic pseudorotation which constitutes the first direct verification of the adiabatic sign-change theorem. Photofragmentation is studied by depletion spectroscopy and the 420 nm system is found to be completely predissociated. The structure of the ground state and the ionization potential are also measured.

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  1. G. Delacrétaz

    Present address: Central Analytical Department, Ciba Geigy LTD, CH-4002, Basel, Switzerland

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  1. Laboratoire de Spectrométrie Ionique et Moléculaire (associé au CNRS no 171), Université Lyon I, Villeurbanne, France

    M. Broyer & P. Labastie

  2. Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne PHB-Ecublens, Institut de Physique Expérimentale, Lausanne, Switzerland

    G. Delacrétaz, J. P. Wolf & L. Wöste

  3. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Solid State Science Center, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA

    R. L. Whetten

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Broyer, M., Delacrétaz, G., Labastie, P. et al. Spectroscopy of Na3 . Z Phys D - Atoms, Molecules and Clusters 3, 131–136 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01384797

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