Atmospheric quenching of vibrationally excited O2/1 Delta

The paper presents photolysis absorption spectroscopy experimental results which show rapid vibrational quenching of O2(1 Delta, v not less than 1) molecular oxygen fragments in an atmospheric environment. The reactions of this species were determined by flash photolysis of ozone in the Hartley band combined with absorption spectroscopic detection of O2(1 Delta v equals 0) fragments and resonance fluorescence detection of O(3P). It was shown that rapid vibrational deactivation occurs under atmospheric conditions; in addition, an upper limit was determined for the photolytic channel of the O(1D) + O3 yields O2(1 Sigma) reaction.