Vibrational predissociation spectra of
NH4
+(NH3)
n
-1
(n = 6−9) were measured in the wavenumbers of
1045−1091 cm-1 by using a tandem mass spectrometer equipped
with a serpentine octopole ion guide and a line-tunable cw CO2 laser. Each spectrum consists of an
intense and broad peak and a weak one. The
dissociation
cross sections were in the order of
10-17−10-18 cm2. As
n increases, the wavenumber of the intense and
broad peak red-shifts gradually, and its intensity increases. The
Hartree−Fock and the second-order Møller−Plesset calculations were performed to obtain the wavenumbers and the
intensities of the optical absorption
by these cluster ions with n = 2−8. The comparison
of the experimental results with the calculations leads
us to conclude that
NH4
+(NH3)
n
-1
forms a shell structure and causes the absorption band associated with
the
collective ν2 vibration of NH3 to
split.
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