Fig. 4.30 The scheme of the
N 2 O excited state PECs as a
function of N–N–-O distance
[3], p. 249. The
short-wavelength part of the
A absorption band of N 2 O
(curve 4 in Fig. 4.27)
corresponds to transition in a
bound state (
1
R
− or
3
P,
oscillator strength, f
10
–4
),
which cannot predissociate
due to the energetic reasons
(Fig. 4.30) and is quenched
even at p N2O = 2 Torr
Fig. 4.31 The adiabatic
correlation diagrams for lower
singlet CO 2 states in the C s
symmetry point group [73]
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