A photoelectron spectroscopic study of the ground state of CF+ via the ionization process CF+(X 1Σ+)←CF(X 2Π)

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Abstract
The CF (X 2Π) radical has been investigated with vacuum ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy and ab initio molecular orbital calculations. Only one band was observed and it was assigned to the ionization CF+(X 1Σ+)←CF(X 2Π). For this band, the adiabatic and vertical ionization potentials were measured as (9.11±0.01) and (9.55±0.01) eV, respectively, and analysis of the vibrational structure in this band allowed w̄ e and r e for CF+(X 1Σ+) to be determined as (1840±30) cm− 1 and (1.148±0.005) Å. Comparison is made with other first row diatomic fluorides that have also been studied with PES.

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