RADIATIVE LIFETIMES, VIBRATIONAL BAND STRENGTHS, RELAXATION MECHANISMS, AND ELECTRONIC TRANSFER RATE CONSTANTS FOR THE PERTURBED CO(A' 3-SIGMA(+), V'=31 AND 35) LEVELS

Citation
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
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
ISSN journal
00092614
Volume
265
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
585 - 594
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-2614(1997)265:6<585:RLVBSR>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
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.