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ADRIAN M. GARDNER, RICHARD J. PLOWRIGHT, CAROLYN D. WITHERS, TIMOTHY G. WRIGHT, School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom; MICHAEL D. MORSE AND W. H. BRECKENRIDGE, Department of Chemistry, 315 South 1400 East, Room 2020, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112.

Electronic spectra of the Au-Ne complex have been recorded for the first time in the vicinity of the atomic Au 6p 6s transition. A structured spectrum was observed near the Au ²P_3/2 ²S_1/2 transition, however, the complex spectrum expected near the Au ²P_1/2 ²S_1/2 transition was not observed. This is rationalized using high level ab intio calculations.