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as fluorescence yields and decay times are recorded for Hg2 molecules
in argon matrices pure and doped with small quantities of water or amm
onia. All excited electronic states of Hg2 decay rapidly to the lowest
metastable A0g+/- state inducing a long-lived (tau congruent-to 200 m
us) luminescence with quantum yield close to unity. The gas-to-matrix
shifts and the effects of Hg-NH3 and Hg-H2O interactions are discussed
in relation to the spectroscopic properties of free, jet-cooled Hg2Ar
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