Imaging the Rovibrational Ground State of the Helium−Neon Dimers 4He20Ne and 4He22Ne
In our work we report on the experimental study of helium-neon dimers: 4He20Ne and 4He22Ne. Using Coulomb Explosion Imaging technique we have imaged for the first time squared wave function of the ground state of these clusters. Using the experimental wave function we were able to determine the binding energies of 4He20Ne and 4He22Ne. In addition, the interaction potential between helium and neon has been deduced from the measured wave function by inverting the Schrödinger equation. These experimental quantities and observables are inaccessible to standard spectroscopic techniques, because helium-neon dimers possess only 3 rotational bound states. The binding energies of these states calculated using the theoretical interaction potential from the work of Cacheiro et al. is in good agreement with those calculated therein. However, in contrast to the finding of Cacheiro et al., we cannot confirm the existence of the fourth weakly bound state in the helium-neon system.
Publication: Imaging the Rovibrational Ground State of the Helium−Neon Dimers 4He20Ne and 4He22Ne J. Kruse, J. Schröder, D. Blume, R. Dörner, and M. Kunitski J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 16, 3225-3231 (2025) DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5c00377 |