Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Molecular Spectroscopy

Published

Author(s)

D R. Lide, A Weber

Abstract

This is a revised and expanded version of an article that appeared in the 2nd edition of the Encyclopedia of Physics, R.G. Lerner and G.L. Trigg, eds. Topics covered include Infrared, Raman, rotational, vibration-rotational, and electronic spectra, as well as matrix isolation, liquid helium droplet and other low-temperature, ZEKE, single molecule, and terahertz spectroscopies. Also addressed are issues of molecular structures of free molecules and their van der Waals and hydrogen-bonded complexes, as well as the spectroscopic studies of the earth's and planetary atmospheres, molecular clouds, circumstellar atmospheres and that of the interstellar medium and standard reference data.
Citation
Encyclopedia of Physics
Volume
2

Keywords

astrophysics, electronic spectra, infrared, molecular complexes, raman, reference data, spectra of earths atmosphere

Citation

Lide, D. and Weber, A. (2008), Molecular Spectroscopy, Encyclopedia of Physics (Accessed April 27, 2024)
Created October 16, 2008