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Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol.104, No.15, 5721-5733, 1996
Quantum Beats in Cyanogen from Singlet Singlet and Singlet-Triplet Superposition States
Fluorescence quantum beats, observed among hyperfine substates of the N=8, 10, 15, 18, 19, 22, and 38 rotational levels of the 4(1) (A) over tilde((1) Sigma(u)(-)) state of C2N2, are discussed. The Zeeman splittings of some beats, for N=8, 19, and 22, are too small to arise from the spin-orbit coupling of a singlet/triplet triplet pair of states, and are attributed to singlet/singlet interactions. A simple two-state singlet/triplet triplet model, successfully used for a previous analysis of beats from N=12, accurately accounts for magnetic modulations observed for beats from the N=8 and N=18 rotational states.
Keywords:VIBRATIONAL-ENERGY REDISTRIBUTION;LEVEL ANTICROSSING SPECTROSCOPY;SINGLET TRIPLET INTERACTION;MAGNETIC-FIELD;POLYATOMIC MOLECULE;FLUORESCENCE;EXCITATION;GLYOXAL;DECAY;VAPOR