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EINSTEIN A COEFFICIENTS FOR VIBRATION-ROTATIONAL TRANSITIONS OF NO.

M. GUTIÉRREZ, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA; J. F. OGILVIE, Escuela de Química and CELEQ, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José 2060, Costa Rica.

Using an algebraic approach with software for symbolic computation, we calculated the Einstein A coefficients for vibration-rotational transitions with Delta v = 1 and 2 for NO in its electronic ground state, 2 Pi, in substates both Omega=1/2 and 3/2, up to v=10. These values will be applicable in an analysis of the chemiluminescence of NO resulting from exothermic chemical reactions in the gaseous phase.