Line shape narrowing in the ultraviolet yield at the N 1s .p* resonance of the N2 molecule

The intensity of fluorescence emission in the wavelength region of 250-320 nm has been measured across the N 1s -> pi* resonance of the N-2 molecule. It displays a narrower line shape than the total ion yield recorded simultaneously. We explain the finding by the particularities of the resonant Auger transitions from the N 1s(-1) pi* state to the D-2 Pi(g) state in N-2(+) and by the subsequent D-2 Pi(g) -> A(2)Pi(u) emission.