Abstract

The XeF-Xe₂F system has recently attracted special interest for several reasons. It is the only rare gas halide excimer system for which laser action has been obtained for the C-A transition at 480 nm [1,2]. Kinetic studies of XeF showed that the B state lies about 650 cm⁻¹ above the C state [3,4], which leads to collisional mixing effects between both states. The existence of Xe₂F, the product of a three-body quenching process of XeF, was only recently demonstrated [5], although corresponding triatomic species have been known for some time for many other diatomic rare gas halides [6].

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