TY - JOUR
T1 - Franck-Condon analysis of predissociations in the lower valence states of the NH radical
AU - Smith, William Hayden
AU - Hsu, Donald K.
PY - 1979/9
Y1 - 1979/9
N2 - The origins of the predissociations observed by Smith, Brzozowski, and Erman for the A3Πand c1Π states of NH have been investigated via a Franck-Condon analysis. It is shown that the measured variation of the predissociation probability is is proportional to the Franck-Condon densities between the bound rotational levels of the A and c states and the vibrational continuum of a 5Σ- state arising from the ground state asympote. Similar calculations for the X3Σ- ground state vibrational continuum, the only other state with a lower dissociation limit, showed that state to be ineffective in producing the observed predissociation.
AB - The origins of the predissociations observed by Smith, Brzozowski, and Erman for the A3Πand c1Π states of NH have been investigated via a Franck-Condon analysis. It is shown that the measured variation of the predissociation probability is is proportional to the Franck-Condon densities between the bound rotational levels of the A and c states and the vibrational continuum of a 5Σ- state arising from the ground state asympote. Similar calculations for the X3Σ- ground state vibrational continuum, the only other state with a lower dissociation limit, showed that state to be ineffective in producing the observed predissociation.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0142016712
U2 - 10.1016/0022-4073(79)90112-2
DO - 10.1016/0022-4073(79)90112-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0142016712
SN - 0022-4073
VL - 22
SP - 223
EP - 229
JO - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
JF - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
IS - 3
ER -