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The t arrive distribution for incident O(1D) and O(3P2) is compared with the t depart distribution for scattered O(3P2). The widths of the red shaded rectangles indicate the size of the t depart histogram intervals and the horizontal error bars indicate the FWHM uncertainty in t depart due to uncertainty in the velocity measurements. The peak at 85 s (marked with an asterisk) is an artefact due to a small contamination of O2 in the CO2 molecular beam. A comparison of the profile of the t depart distribution with the t arrive distributions indicates that incident O(1D) atoms are converted to O(3P) during the scattering process.

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