Collisional deactivation of the 5s and 4p states of Na by N2
Abstract
The collisional deactivation of the Na 5s and 4p states by collisions with N2 molecules has been studied using the method of laser-induced fluorescence. The total cross sections for the depopulation of the 5s and 4p states are 86(8) and 43(4) Å2, respectively. The cross sections for the specific collisional transfers 5s-->4p, 5s-->3d, and 4p-->3d are 32(8), 10(2), and 19(3) Å2, respectively.
- Publication:
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Physical Review A
- Pub Date:
- January 1978
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevA.17.125
- Bibcode:
- 1978PhRvA..17..125G