RADIATIVE LIFETIMES, VIBRATIONAL BAND STRENGTHS, RELAXATION MECHANISMS, AND ELECTRONIC TRANSFER RATE CONSTANTS FOR THE PERTURBED CO(A' 3-SIGMA(+), V'=31 AND 35) LEVELS
G. Zikratov et al., RADIATIVE LIFETIMES, VIBRATIONAL BAND STRENGTHS, RELAXATION MECHANISMS, AND ELECTRONIC TRANSFER RATE CONSTANTS FOR THE PERTURBED CO(A' 3-SIGMA(+), V'=31 AND 35) LEVELS, Chemical physics letters, 265(6), 1997, pp. 585-594
One-photon, laser-induced fluorescence has been used to study the CO(a
'(3) Sigma(+), upsilon' = 31 and 35) states, which are strongly pertur
bed over a range of low rotational levels by the CO(b(3) Sigma(+), ups
ilon' = 0 and 1) states, respectively. The effects of these perturbati
ons on the radiative lifetimes, the radiative branching to the CO(a(3)
Pi, upsilon'') levels, and the collisional relaxation of these CO(a'
and b) states in He are discussed. The CO(b(3) Sigma(+), upsilon' = 0,
1) and CO(a'(3) Sigma(+), upsilon' = 31, 35) molecules were generated
by pulsed laser excitation from metastable CO(a(3) Pi) molecules that
were prepared by a de discharge through a flow of CO2 in He.