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. 2003 Jul;85(1):442–450. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74489-0

TABLE 1.

Rate constants and flow percentages for the best-fit model of carotenoid deactivation in LH2 of Rps. acidophila

Source state Decay channels inverse rates k−1 and percentage of deactivation flow Contribution of source to EET
S2 hotS1 260 fs, 32 ± 5% S* 300 fs, 26 ± 5% BChl 190 fs, 42 ± 7% 42 ± 7%
hotS1 S1 1.5 ± 0.2 ps S*/T > 100 ps, <2%
S1 S0 4.2 ± 0.2 ps S*/T > 60 ps, <5% BChl 35 ± 5 ps, 11 ± 3% 4 ± 1%
S* S0 32 ± 5 ps, 34 ± 6% T 28 ± 5 ps, 39 ± 8% BChl 42 ± 7 ps, 26 ± 6% 7 ± 3%