“…The molecule is linear in both the ground and the excited electronic state, and the application of the Franck–Condon principle predicts maximum intensity in the Δν 2 = 0 transitions. Radiative lifetimes were measured to be 350 ± 30 ns in the A 2 Σ + (0,0,0) state , and 60 ns in the B 2 Π(0,0,0) state. , Collision quenching rates in the A state are reported at room temperature, − and the fluorescence quenching was measured in flames . Moreover, the absorption coefficients were determined at 1470 K in shock tube experiments at 440.479 and 304.681 nm in the A 2 Σ + (0,0,0)–X 2 Π i (0,0,0) and B 2 Π(1,0,0)–X 2 Π i (0,0,0) transitions, respectively.…”