Condon Internal Diffraction in the ${0_{u}}^{+} \to {0_{g}}^{+}$ Fluorescence of Photoassociated ${Hg}_{2}$

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21 August 1978

journal article
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Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 41 (8) , 547-550
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.41.547

Abstract

We have observed a well-resolved Condon diffraction pattern in the

{0_{u}}^{+} (ν \approx 57) \to {0_{g}}^{+} (unbound)

fluorescence of

{Hg}_{2}

. The upper state is excited by photoassociating mercury atoms with an ArF laser at 193 nm.

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