Electronic assignments of the violet bands of sodium

Journal Article · Fri Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 1986 · AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.35889· OSTI ID:6867843

Pichler, G; Bahns, J T; Sando, K M; Stwalley, W C; Mueller, W; Konowalow, D D; Li, L; Field, R W

The puzzling violet bands of sodium (425--460 nm), known since 1932/sup 1/, have been shown conclusively to arise from the superposition of two distinct continuum emission bands: one singlet (2/sup 1/..sigma../sup +//sub u/X/sup 1/..sigma../sup +//sub g/) and one triplet (primarily 2/sup 3/Pi/sub g/-1/sup 3/..sigma../sup +//sub u/). Each continuum emission system resulting from bound-free transitions shows complex interference structure (arising from multiple branches of the corresponding Mulliken difference potential (MDP))/sup 2/.

• Research Organization: Iowa Laser Facility and Department of Physics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 and Institute of Physics University of Zagreb, P.O. Box 304, 41001 Zagreb, Yugoslavia
• OSTI ID: 6867843
• Report Number(s): CONF-851185-
• Journal Information: AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States), Vol. 146:1; Conference: International laser science conference, Dallas, TX, USA, 18 Nov 1985
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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