%0 Journal Article %A Bürgi, Thomas %A Droz, Thierry %A Leutwyler, Samuel %T Ground state binding energy and vibrations of the carbazole·Ar van der Waals complex by pump/dump-R2PI measurements %J Chemical Physics Letters %@ 0009-2614 %V 225 %N 4-6 %P 351-358 %D 1994 %R 10.1016/0009-2614%2894%2987093-4 %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0009-2614%2894%2987093-4 %U http://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:14643 %X Mass-selective ground state vibrational spectroscopy of the jet-cooled carbazole·Ar complex was performed by populating ground-state levels via a pump/dump laser pulse sequence, followed by selective resonant two-photon ionization of the vibrationally relaxed complexes. Intra- and inter-molecular van der Waals modes in the S0 state are measurable with good signal/noise. The ground-state binding energy can be determined by detecting the negative signals resulting from loss of ground-state population via vibrational predissociation of the complex.