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The radiative lifetime of metastable CO ($a^3Pi, v=0$)

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 نشر من قبل Steven Hoekstra
 تاريخ النشر 2008
  مجال البحث فيزياء
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We present a combined experimental and theoretical study on the radiative lifetime of CO in the $a^3Pi_{1,2}, v=0$ state. CO molecules in a beam are prepared in selected rotational levels of this metastable state, Stark-decelerated and electrostatically trapped. From the phosphorescence decay in the trap, the radiative lifetime is measured to be $2.63pm0.03$ ms for the $a^3Pi_1, v=0, J=1$ level. From spin-orbit coupling between the $a^3Pi$ and the $A^1Pi$ state a 20% longer radiative lifetime of 3.16 ms is calculated for this level. It is concluded that coupling to other $^1Pi$ states contributes to the observed phosphorescence rate of metastable CO.



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