Yield of electronically excited N2 molecules from the dissociative recombination of N2H+ with e-.

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..

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