Experimental Oscillator Strength of the Violet System of CN

Abstract

The radiative mean lifetime of the upper electronic state (B2Σ) of the violet system of CN has been measured to be (8.5±1.)10—8 sec, corresponding to an oscillator strength f=(2.7±0.3)10—2. These results include contributions, of undetermined weights, from the (0, 0) through (4, 4) vibrational transitions.