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IN the course of studying the molecular spectrum of nitrogen under various excitation conditions, Carroll and Sayers1 discovered a new triplet transition in the near infra-red. Only one band was observed as the spectral region of interest was dominated by bands of the first positive system. A spectrogram of the new band was given together with measurements of the four strongest heads at 8265.5, 8283.8, 8293.3 and 8310.6 A. The structure of the band was obviously complex, and it was suggested by Carroll and Sayers that the transition might be 311 − 3∑.
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CARROLL, P., RUBALCAVA, H. Near Infra-Red System of Nitrogen. Nature 184, 119–120 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/184119b0
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