Penning ionization: Measurement of ion and molecular lifetimes

Contents: Radiative lifetimes and alignment depolarization cross sections for Yb(I) and (II) by the Hanle effect in a flowing helium system; Intense flowing hollow cathode lamp; The violation of the Franck-Condon principle in penning ionization; Radiative lifetime of the A squared delta state of CH; A high-power pulsed xenon ion laser as a pump source for a tunable dye laser; Radiative lifetimes of some group II ions by the Hanle effect in a fast-flowing helium afterglow; Rotational and predissociation lifetimes of the A squared sigma(+) state of OD; and Radiative lifetime of the B squared sigma(-) state of CH.