Emission spectra and electronic structure of group IIIa monohalide cations

Optical spectra of ten AX+ ions (A=B, Al, Ga, In; X=F, Cl, Br) have been observed in the visible and near UV; a total of 18 band systems were newly discovered. The emission was produced by chemiluminescent reactions A++X2 at low (2–10 eVCM) kinetic energy in a beam‐gas arrangement. A position‐sensitive photon counting detector with large surface area and very low dark count rate was employed, the resolution was mostly 5–50 A FWHM. Three types of band systems were observed: (1) For all AX+ combinations except BCl+ and BBr+, a very broad quasicontinuum with undulatory structure appears. On the basis of electronic state correlation arguments, photoelectron data, some ab initio calculations and, in one case, a known emission spectrum (InCl+) these band systems were identified as B 2Σ+–X 2Σ+ transitions. It is concluded that the excited state potentials are considerably displaced against the ground state, and their energetics are given. (2) For six species AX+, narrow band systems were observed in the 2500 A r...

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