1. Effect of rotational coupling on emission probabilities of Lyman and Werner band systems of the vacuum ultraviolet spectrum of H2
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Evelyne Roueff, Jean-Yves Roncin, Hervé Abgrall, and Françoise Launay
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Hydrogen ,Chemistry ,Excited state ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Perturbation (astronomy) ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Emission spectrum ,Electronic structure ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Atomic physics ,Electromagnetic radiation ,Spectral line ,Eigenvalues and eigenvectors - Abstract
Ratios of emission probabilities of rotational lines of the Lyman and Werner band systems, B 1∑+u →X 1∑+g and C 1∏u →X1∑+g, respectively, are calculated by different methods. These theoretical ratios are compared to the experimental intensity ratios of about a hundred lines selected from a vacuum ultraviolet emission spectrum whose intensity is investigated for the first time at high resolution. The computation permits to compare two ways of solving a system of two coupled equations with discrete eigenvalues. In most cases the effect of the mutual rotational perturbation between B and C states is found significant on the ratio of P and R line intensities. Ambiguity in labeling a few B and C levels is discussed.
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- 1987
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