LIFETIMES OF VIBRATIONAL LEVELS IN THE (B)OVER-TILDE(2)A' STATE OF HCO - COMMENT

Authors
BITTO H CARTER RT
Citation
H. Bitto et Rt. Carter, LIFETIMES OF VIBRATIONAL LEVELS IN THE (B)OVER-TILDE(2)A' STATE OF HCO - COMMENT, Chemical physics letters, 261(3), 1996, pp. 385-386
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
Chemical physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00092614
Volume
261
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
385 - 386
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-2614(1996)261:3<385:LOVLIT>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Arguments are put forward that the quantum beats in the (B) over tilde (2)A' electronic state of HCO attributed to a higher-order hyperfine perturbation by Tobiason and Rohlfing are most likely due to well-know n hyperfine quantum beats. In contrast to Tobiason and Rohlfing's inte rpretation, hyperfine perturbations among bright and dark states are i rrelevant for understanding such quantum beats.