
%0 Journal Article
%A Sampson, Rebecca K. 
%A Lawrance, Warren D. 
%T The Dissociation Energy of the Benzene&#8211;Argon van der Waals Complex Determined by Velocity Map Imaging
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 2003/04/24
%V 56
%N 4
%P 275-277
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH03050
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH03050 
%X The technique of velocity map imaging has been used to determine the dissociation energy of the C6H6+&#8211;Ar van der Waals complex. From the change in the ionization energy between the complex and free benzene and the spectroscopic shift of the S1&larr;S0 transition, the dissociation energies in the S0 and S1 states of the neutral complex were determined, being 314 &#177; 7 and 335 &#177; 7 cm&minus;1 for the S0 and S1 states of the neutral complex, respectively, and 486 &#177; 5 cm&minus;1 for the cation ground (D0) state. 
