title: Yield of electronically excited N2 molecules from the dissociative recombination of N2H+ with e-.
abstract: Quantitative spectroscopic observations of the N2 first positive band system (N2(B 3Pig-A 3Sigmau+))/electron in a recombining N2H+ flowing-afterglow plasma indicate that a substantial fraction of the product N2 molecules are formed in one or more of the low-lying triplet states, B 3Pig, A 3Sigmau+, and W 3Deltau. The total measured N2(B-A) emission intensity from N2(B,v' > or = 1) is equivalent to a yield of (19 +/- 8)%. The effect of rapid collision-induced transitions between states of the triplet manifold is discussed..
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA. rosati@phyast.pitt.edu
authors.forename: Richard E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Rosati
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Johnsen
authors.forename: Michael F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Golde