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MOST work on the vibrational deactivation of diatomic molecules has been carried out on ground states at moderate temperatures. There is a relative scarcity of information about excited states. In order to use emission spectroscopy as an analytical tool, a population distribution in the excited state markedly different from that which would be imposed by thermal equilibrium is required. This has been achieved by excitation by a single line1 and by recombination of atoms to form highly excited molecules2. An experiment was carried out to determine whether a low pressure microwave discharge would be a suitable source of vibrational overpopulation.
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JANSSON, R., MIDDLETON, L. & LEWIS, J. Vibrational Deactivation of Excited States of Nitrogen created in a Microwave Discharge. Nature 214, 589 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/214589a0
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