Rotational-resolved pulsed field ionization photoelectron bands for H2+(X 2Σg+, v+=0, 2, 9 and 11)

We present here the assignment and simulation of rotational transitions for the H2+(X 2Σg+, v+=0, 2, 9 and 11) vibronic bands using the Buckingham–Orr–Sichel (BOS) model. The simulation shows that perturbation of PFI-PE rotational line intensities due to near-resonance autoionization decreases as v+ increases. Experimental rotational constants for H2+(X 2Σg+, v+=0, 2, 9 and 11) are determined with higher accuracy than those obtained in previous He I and Ne I photoelectron studies. In agreement with previous experimental and theoretical investigations, only the ΔN=0 and ±2 rotational branches are observed in the PFI-PE spectrum for H2.