Comment: Reply to Comment on “Dynamics of the B Π3(0u+) and a Π3(1u) States of Chlorine by Laser Induced Fluorescence”

Abstract

The comment of Billy et al.1 on our paper about the dynamics of the B and A states of chlorine2 emphasizes mainly two points: a) our results about the radiative decay rate of the B state of Cl2 are incorrect, because our experimental system is unable to measure the true long lifetimes of this state; b) both A Π 3 ( 1 u ) and Π 1 ( 1 u ) states contribute to the Coriolis predissociation in the B state, in contradiction with our mechanism, which excludes the Π 1 ( 1 u ) state.