Optical observation of the C, 3sσ gF3, and 3pπuG3 3Πu states of N 2

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 129, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Lewis, B R ^a   Baldwin, K G H ^a   Sprengers, J P ^b   Ubachs, W ^b   Stark, G ^c   Yoshino, K ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

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EID: 55449137240     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2990655     Document Type: Article

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