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Optical transitions in molecules stimulated by inelastic collisions with fast particles

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The spectrum of absorption of light by a molecule colliding with a fast proton is considered. It is shown that the envelope of spectrum is an oscillating function with two maxima shifted toward lower and higher frequencies compared to the frequency of a Franck-Condon transition.

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Translated from Optika i Spektroskopiya, Vol. 89, No. 3, 2000, pp. 390–393.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2000 by Prepelitsa.

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Prepelitsa, O.B. Optical transitions in molecules stimulated by inelastic collisions with fast particles. Opt. Spectrosc. 89, 356–359 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1310699

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