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Fourier-transform spectroscopy of HD in the vacuum ultraviolet at λ = 87-112 nm.
- Source :
- Molecular Physics; 3/20/2010, Vol. 108 Issue 6, p771-786, 16p, 1 Diagram, 2 Charts, 3 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- Absorption spectroscopy in the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) domain was performed on the hydrogen-deuteride molecule with a novel Fourier-transform spectrometer based upon wavefront division interferometry. This unique instrument, which is a permanent endstation of the undulator-based beamline DESIRS on the synchrotron SOLEIL facility, opens the way to Fourier-transform spectroscopy in the VUV range. The HD spectral lines in the Lyman and Werner bands were recorded in the 87-112 nm range from a quasi-static gas sample in a windowless configuration and with a Doppler-limited resolution. Line positions of some 268 transitions in the [image omitted] Lyman bands and 141 transitions in the [image omitted] Werner bands were deduced with uncertainties of 0.04 cm-1 (1σ) which correspond to Δλ/λ ∼ 4 × 10-7. This extensive laboratory database is of relevance for comparison with astronomical observations of H2 and HD spectra from highly redshifted objects, with the goal of extracting a possible variation of the proton-to-electron mass ratio (μ = mp/me) on a cosmological time scale. For this reason also calculations of the so-called sensitivity coefficients Ki were performed in order to allow for deducing constraints on Δμ/μ. The Ki coefficients, associated with the line shift that each spectral line undergoes as a result of a varying value for μ, were derived from calculations as a function of μ solving the Schrodinger equation using ab initio potentials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00268976
- Volume :
- 108
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Molecular Physics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 49754336
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00268971003649307