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Chemical Physics Letters, Vol.375, No.3-4, 253-260, 2003
Intramolecular quantum chaos in doped helium nanodroplets
A mass spectrometric depletion spectrum (17700-18300 cm(-1)) is reported for NO2 in superfluid (0.37 K) helium nanodroplets. Gas phase NO2 is believed to be vibronically chaotic at these energies. Transitions are broadened and blue-shifted relative to their gas phase counterparts. The spectrum is fitted reasonably well by setting all of the widths and shifts equal to 7 cm(-1). Modest dispersions (i.e., 90% lie within 2 cm(-1) of the central values) are consistent with quantum chaos in NO2. Relaxation is dominated by interactions of NO2 with its non-superfluid helium nearest neighbors. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.