1 H. Okabe and M. Lenzi, J. Chem. Phys. 47, 5241 (1967). 2 J. Masamet, A. Gilles, and C. Vermeil, J. Photochem., 3, 417 (1974/1975). 3 K. Dressler and D. A. Ramsay, Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. London 251, 553 (1959). 4 J.W.C. Johns, D. A. Ramsay, Can. J. phys. 54, 1804 (1976). V. M. Donnelly has been a NRC/NRL Resident Research Associate.""Author Institution: Naval Research LaboratoryLow pressure (P<35 mtorr) samples of NH3β are photolyzed with a Tachisto Model XR 150 pulsed excimer laser operating on the 193 nm line of ArF (20 nsec pulse duration, 35 mJ per pulse, βΌ3 Hz repetition rate). Contrary to previous findings1,2 (for NH3β dissociation) in this excitation region, we find that NH2β(A2A1β) is a major product formed by single photon, primary photolysis. Strong NH2β(A2A1ββX2B1β) banded emission is observed between 620 and 1100 nm. Most of the lines are assignable to transitions catalogued in absorption by Dressier and Ramsay3 and Johns, Ramsay, and Ross4 The relative intensities in our emission experiments are much different than those in absorption, indicating that much of the 0.74 eV excess dissociation energy appears as bending vibrational energy and rotational excitation about the a-axis. These observations are expected, an the basis of changes in geometry in the primary photolysis process. Experiments are also under way to probe energy distributions with the NH2β(X2B1β) primary photofragment, Using dye laser-induced fluorescence excitation spectroscopy on the A2A1ββX2βB1β transition. In addition, NH(A3Ξ ) is formed in a two photon NH3β dissociation process, giving rise to a A3Ξ βX3Ξ£β emission at 336 nm