Lifetime of the D 3Σu+ state of N2

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1 September 1973

journal article
conference paper
Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics

Vol. 59 (5) , 2641-2645
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1680381

Abstract

Using the method of delayed coincidence with electron excitation of N₂, we have measured the lifetime of the

D^{3} Σ_{u}^{+}

state of N₂ to be 14.1 ± 1.0 nsec.

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