Abstract
A study has been made of the quenching of the 1P1 and 3P1 resonance states of the argon atom by ethylene using a resonance fluorescence technique. Excited atoms were created by a pulsed beam of 2-MeV protons. The measured values of the rate constants are 10.3×10-10 and 5.6×10-10 cm3 molecule-1 · sec-1 for the 1P 1 and 3P1 states, respectively. These compare with the calculated values of 10.3×10-10 and 5.4×10 -10 cm3 molecule-1 · sec-1 for the respective states using the theory of Watanabe and Katsuura.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3680-3685 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of Chemical Physics |
Volume | 61 |
Issue number | 9 |
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State | Published - 1974 |