The results of experimental and theoretical investigations of the properties of heteronuclear rare-gas dimers are presented. Spectra in the vacuum ultraviolet region received primary emphasis. It is shown that the bulk of the excitation energy stored by the low-temperature plasma of binary mixtures is released by the heteronuclear dimers in a narrow spectral band near atomic resonance lines.

PACS: 33.20.Ni, 34.20.−b, 34.50.Gb (all) DOI: 10.1070/PU2004v047n02ABEH001681 URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2004/2/d/ 000222400000004 2004PhyU...47..149G Citation: Gerasimov G N "Optical spectra of binary rare-gas mixtures" Phys. Usp. 47 149–168 (2004) BibTexBibNote ® (generic)BibNote ® (RIS)MedlineRefWorks Оригинал: Герасимов Г Н «Оптические спектры бинарных смесей инертных газов» УФН 174 155–175 (2004); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0174.200402d.0155