Absorption spectra of O2 in the a1Δg, , and states

Abstract

A number of new absorption bands have been found in the vacuum ultraviolet spectrum of O2 that has been excited by a discharge. The lower states of these bands are the [Formula: see text] and a1Δg states. The analysis of the bands, together with some newly analyzed bands arising from ground-state O2, has allowed us to identify four new electronic states. It has not been possible to assign these states to particular electron configurations of O2.