Interaction of a supersonic NO beam with a static and a resonant RF field: Measurement of rotationally resolved dipole moments

This letter follows a previous publication from our group [C. Montero, A. Gonzلlez Ureٌa, J.O. Cلceres, M. Morato, J. Najera, H.J. Loesch, European Physical Journal D 26, (2003) 261] where a significant depletion was observed when a supersonic NO beam seeded in He passed through a resonant RF field. Here the phenomenon has been confirmed using different conditions. It is shown how the observed depletion depends on: (i) the rotational NO quantum numbers: (ii) the strength of both the static and RF electric fields.