PRESSURE BROADENING AND THE ELECTRIC QUADRUPOLE MOMENT OF OCS,

Abstract

The theory of pressure broadening of the microwave spectrum of pure OCS was re-examined. Previous studies have treated dipole-dipole and dipole-quadrupole interactions of the colliding molecules and have calculated the value of the quadrupole moment required to give the observed pressure broadening. We have found that quadrupole-quadrupole interaction is also important and have redetermined the value of the quadrupole moment to be Q = 5.8 ! 0.9 Debye-angstrom. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0284174

Entities

People

  • Martin L. Sage

Organizations

  • Harvard University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Diffraction
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Microwaves
  • Molecules
  • Quadrupole Moment
  • Spectra

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics