Observation of vibrational relaxation dynamics in X3∑- g oxygen following stimulated raman excitation to the v=1 level: Implications for the relief flow tagging technique

34th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Diskin, Glenn S ^a   Lempert, Walter R ^b   Miles, Richard B ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITED STATES; GROUND STATE; MOLECULES; RELAXATION PROCESSES; TIME DELAY;

LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; RELAXATION BEHAVIORS; TRANSFER OF POPULATIONS; VIBRATIONAL ENERGIES; VIBRATIONAL ENERGY TRANSFER; VIBRATIONAL POPULATION DISTRIBUTIONS; VIBRATIONAL RELAXATION; VIBRATIONAL RELAXATION DYNAMICS;

MOLECULAR OXYGEN;

EID: 84962144774     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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