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The optical absorption spectrum of the H2S molecule in the region from 2050 to 1150 Å has been studied by a photographic method, using the radiation from a 1.3-GeV electron synchrotron as a background source. Numerous bands including those due to dipole forbidden transitions are observed in the spectrum. Five types of Rydberg series are assigned to electronic transitions from the outermost 2b1 orbital to the d-like orbitals, three types to the p-like orbitals, and one type to the s-like orbital. The quantum defects of these transitions and a series limit of 84 417 ± 8 cm−1 (10.466 ± 0.001 eV) were determined using the extended Rydberg series. The first member of the A Rydberg series splits into four bands, which is discussed with jj coupling scheme. The upper state of the 2000-Å (6.20-eV) broad band is assigned to the (2b1)−1 (6a1/4sa1) 1B1 state which is predominantly of valence orbital character. Transitions to vibrationally excited state were also investigated and the limit to which the (100) vibrationally excited Rydberg series converges was determined to be 86 882 ± 20 cm−1 (10.772 ± 0.003 eV). The results obtained in this experiment are compared with theoretical calculations.

Interatomic Coulombic decay (ICD) is observed in the rare gas homonuclear dimers Ar2, Kr2, and Xe2 with photoion spectroscopy techniques. Inner valence ionization of the outer ns shell of these systems is known to create a metastable state that dissociates to form a ground state ion and a neutral excited fragment. Inner valence ionization to form ns satellite states leads to similar dissociations, but the neutral fragment gets all the more excited as the internal energy of the ns satellite state increases. When enough excitation energy is transferred to reach the ionization potential, ICD occurs. ICD threshold is observed to coincide with the position of the A+A+ ground state in the Franck-Condon region.

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