Measurement of the autoionization lifetime of the superexcited atomic sulfur S(3S23p3(2D°)4d) state using tunable vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) radiation

Canadian Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 885-890

  Huang, Jianhua ^a   Xu, Dadong ^a   Stuchebrukhov, Alexei ^a   Jackson, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic sulfur; Autoionization; Full width at half maximum (FWHM); Vacuum ultraviolet (VUV)

Indexed keywords

IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETERS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AUTOIONIZATION LIFETIME; VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET (VUV);

SULFUR;

SULFUR;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; IONIZATION; PHOTOLYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VACUUM; VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VELOCITY;

EID: 9144230839     PISSN: 00084042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/v04-039     Document Type: Article

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