Collision induced dissociation of Cs2 studied by atom-molecule-exchange optical pumping

Abstract

Using the atom-molecule-exchange optical pumping method the collision induced dissociation of Cs 2 in the foreign gas atmospheres He, Ne, Ar, Kr, N 2 and CH 4 is studied. The rate constant for dissociation is found to have an Arrhenius form and good agreement of the activation energy with the spectroscopically determined bond dissociation energy is obtained.