CROSSED MOLECULAR-BEAM STUDIES ON THE INTERACTION POTENTIALS FOR F(P-2)+NE,AR,KR(S-1)

Angular distributions are presented of F(2P3/2,1/2) 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. © 1979 American Institute of Physics.