High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy of Atmospheric Species. (The Pressure Broadening of HDO by O2, N2, H2, and He between 100 and 600 Deg K)

Abstract

Laboratory-based pressure-broadening data has long provided information that is both of practical importance for technological applications and of fundamental interest for understanding molecular interactions and dynamics. During this project period the temperature dependence of the collision-broadened line widths of H20 and HDO were studied between 100 deg K and 600 deg K. Selected transitions were between 250 GHz and 500 GHz and the broadening gases were 02, N2, H2, and He. Low temperature measurements were made in a collisionally cooled cell to circumvent the limitations imposed by the low vapor pressure of the sample gas at temperatures far below their freezing points. The experimentally determined values were compared with earlier experimental and theoretical works.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 24, 1994
Accession Number
ADA278382

Entities

People

  • Charles R. Jones
  • David W. Ferguson
  • Frank C. De Lucia
  • Jyotsna M. Dutta
  • Thomas M. Goyette

Organizations

  • North Carolina College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Collisions
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Sets
  • Dynamics
  • Energy Levels
  • Freezing
  • Frequency
  • High Resolution
  • Low Temperature
  • Measurement
  • Molecular Spectroscopy
  • Observation
  • Quantum Numbers
  • Spectra
  • Spectroscopy
  • Transitions
  • Vapor Pressure

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.