Electron scattering in dense $\mathrm{CO_2}$ gas: Photoionization spectra of $\mathrm{CH_3 I}$ perturbed by $\mathrm{CO_2}$

A photoionization study of CH3I in the presence of dense CO2 (density range: 1.6–10.0×1019 cm−3 ) revealed the prethreshold 2E3/2 Rydberg transitions of methyl iodide perturbed by CO2. From the measured pressure shift of the nd Rydbergs (n=11,12,13,14) the scattering length of CO2 was deduced as A=−0.224 nm, in accord with cross‐section data. The vibrational structure of CO2 above 9.54 eV was found to be superimposed on the CH3I absorber photoionization spectrum, yielding a spectrum more detailed than absorption spectra of pure CO2