The Rydberg electronic transitions of the hydrogen molecule

Journal Article · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992 · Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0092-640X(92)90025-D· OSTI ID:5165357

Babb, J F; Chang, E S ^[1]

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1. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA (United States)

Transition energies and relative line strengths, without Boltzmann weighting, for the electric dipole transitions between Rydberg states n{prime}L{prime} and nL of the hydrogen molecule (one electron in a near-hydrogenic state of high n and L, with n the principal quantum number and L the orbital angular momentum quantum number of the electron) are calculated. Since the H{sup +}{sub 2} core is loosely coupled to the Rydberg electron, numerous lines occur, depending on the vector sum of L and the core rotational angular momentum. For the core vibrational quantum numbers v = 0 to 5 the strongest lines among the P, Q, and R branches for the lowest 12 core rotational levels are given for the particular transition arrays 6h-5g, 8i-6h, 7i-6h, 8k-7i, and 9l-8k, for which transitions occur in the wave number range 350 to 1,400 cm {sup {minus}1}.

• OSTI ID: 5165357
• Journal Information: Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables; (United States), Vol. 50:1; ISSN 0092-640X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
HYDROGEN
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
COMPILED DATA
MOLECULES
QUANTUM NUMBERS
RYDBERG STATES
SPECTRA
DATA
ELEMENTS
ENERGY LEVELS
EXCITED STATES
INFORMATION
NONMETALS
NUMERICAL DATA
664100* - Theory of Electronic Structure of Atoms & Molecules- (1992-)