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The intensities of the1Σ +g -3σ −g and1Δg−3Σ −g transitions in molecular oxygen are calculated. The radiative lifetimes calculated for the singlet states are 11.4 sec and 67 min for the1Σ +g and1Δg states, respectively. The experimental values (12 sec and 42 min) obtained from measurements of the integrated absorption intensities of oxygen in the upper atmosphere agree well with calculation. The relationship between a calculation of the intensities and a calculation of the spin Hamiltonian parameters for the3Σ s-g state is considered.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 9, pp. 115–120, September, 1978.
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Minaev, B.F. Effect of spin-orbit coupling on the intensity of magnetic dipole transitions in molecular oxygen. Soviet Physics Journal 21, 1205–1209 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00894576
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00894576