COLLISION-INDUCED TRANSFER RATES CONNECTING FINE-STRUCTURE LEVELS IN S2(B3-SIGMA-U-,V'=4)

Rates for collision-induced transfer between a single rotational level (N′ = 40, J′ = 41) and other individual rotational levels within the v′ = 4 vibrational level of B 3Σu- diatomic sulfur are reported. The S2 was excited into the B state by the radiation from an atomic Zn lamp, and rotationally resolved fluorescence measurements were used to determine the rates for the collision partners He, Ar, and Xe. © 1979 American Institute of Physics.