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Vibrational lifetimes and absorption spectra of the asymmetric CO stre
tching mode (similar to 1990 cm(-1)) of W(CO)(6) in supercritical CO2
are reported as functions of solvent density and temperature. Close to
the critical temperature, the observables are density independent ove
r a twofold range of density. Possible explanations are discussed for
this unique behavior. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.