Spectra Emitted from Rare Gas‐Oxygen Solids during Electron Bombardment

Light emission from rare gas solids containing small amounts of oxygen has been excited by an electron bombardment technique. The Herzberg bands of oxygen and a line group believed to be the 1S→1D transition of the neutral oxygen atom form the strongest features of the observed spectra. In a neon matrix, the Second Negative system of O2+ has been identified. The effect of the various solids on the vibrational structure of the Herzberg bands is discussed.