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Table 7

Radiative lifetimes from this work and experimental lifetimes from Luque & Crosley (1996b) of the B levels in ns.

v = 0 v = 1

J τ rad τ exp τ rad τ exp
0.5 328 472
1.5 329 474
2.5 330 328 476
3.5 332 345 480 396
4.5 335 328 486 410
5.5 338 346 493 405
predissociation onset
6.5 343 356 502 390
7.5 348 354 512 5.0
8.5 354 360 526 0.350
9.5 361 345 543 0.075
10.5 370 352 563 0.015
11.5 380 364 589 0.005
12.5 392 362 620 0.0013
13.5 406 395 0.0004
14.5 423 435 0.0002a
predissociation onset
15.5 443 140 0.00001a
16.5 468 70 0.000003a
17.5 498 0.6 1.0E-6a
18.5 535 0.045 3.0E-7a
19.5 582 0.010 1.0E-7a
20.5 642 0.003 3.0E-8a
21.5 723 0.0004
– predissociation barrier –

Notes.

(a)

Extrapolated value from astrophysical observations. Predissociation onset is the limit of the lowest level with evidence for predissociation and predissociation barrier indicates the limit of the uppest level with evidencce for predissociation.

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