The role of orbiting resonances in the vibrational predissociation of Ne–Br2(B)

Abstract

The spectrum of Ne–Br2(B,v) orbiting resonances embedded in the continuum of the v=25 vibrational manifold has been studied and compared with the spectrum previously obtained for v=26. The spectra of orbiting resonances are found to be very similar in the two vibrational manifolds, with the resonances located at nearly the same energy positions and with similar widths. The same result was found for the spectra of orbiting resonances of He–I2(B,v) for v=59 and 60. This confirms that the nature of the continuum resonances is the same in both van der Waals complexes, and suggests that this type of resonance might be present in other van der Waals rare gas–halogen clusters.