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Submillimeter Spectrum and Analysis of Vibrational and Hyperfine Coupling Effects in (HI)2

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Author(s)

Laurent H. Coudert, Sergei P. Belov, F. Willaert, B. McElmurry, R. Lucchese, John W. Bevan, Jon T. Hougen

Abstract

Observed rotational-vibrational transitions of HI dimer in the geared bending mode, centered at 511.9 GHz, are reported. This 50 kHz high resolution spectrum was recorded using a co-axially configured pulsed jet submillimeter spectrometer and the hyperfine structure of R(J) and P(J) transitions from the quadrupole moments of iodine nuclei are completely resolved for low J transitions. An analysis of the hyperfine patterns was carried out using a theoretical approach accounting for the large amplitude motion effects and for hyperfine matrix elements within and between vibrational states. The submillimeter analysis is consistent with a vibrationnally averaged ground state Rcm = 4.56372(1) Å and average bending angle theta = 46.405(1) °.
Citation
Chemical Physics Letters
Volume
482

Keywords

(HI)2, High-Resolution Spectrum, Submillimeter Spectrum, Quadrupole Coupling

Citation

Coudert, L. , Belov, S. , Willaert, F. , McElmurry, B. , Lucchese, R. , Bevan, J. and Hougen, J. (2009), Submillimeter Spectrum and Analysis of Vibrational and Hyperfine Coupling Effects in (HI)2, Chemical Physics Letters, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=903808 (Accessed November 6, 2024)

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Created September 30, 2009, Updated October 12, 2021