• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 7, Issue 5, 05373 (2009)
Qian Wang, Yifan Shen, and Kang Dai
Author Affiliations
  • School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China2 School of Physics Science and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, ChinaE-mail: shenyifan01@xju.edu.cn
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    Qian Wang, Yifan Shen, Kang Dai. Experimental evaluation of rate coefficients for Rb(5DJ)+H2 RbH+H reaction[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2009, 7(5): 05373 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The Rb(5DJ)+H2 RbH+H photochemical reaction has been studied. Rb vapor mixed with H2 is irradiated in a glass cell with 778-nm pulses which populate one of the 5 2D states by two-photon absorption. Measurements for the relative intensities of the atomic fluorescence and the absorption of the RbH product near the axis of the cell yield the rate coefficients for the Rb(5D_{3/2})+H2 and Rb(5D_{5/2})+H2 reactions, which are (3.6\pm1.3)\times10^{-11} and (1.7\pm0.6)\times10^{-11} cm3/s, respectively. The relative reactivity with H2 for Rb(5D_{3/2}) is higher than that for Rb(5D_{5/2}).
    Qian Wang, Yifan Shen, Kang Dai. Experimental evaluation of rate coefficients for Rb(5DJ)+H2 RbH+H reaction[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2009, 7(5): 05373
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