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RESEARCH PRODUCT
PRECISE LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS OF TRANS-DCOOH AND TRANS-HCOOD FOR ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS
Cristina PuzzariniJürgen GaussStella StopkowiczGabriele Cazzolisubject
PhysicsHydrogenTerahertz radiationResolution (electron density)LAMB-DIP TECHNIQUEchemistry.chemical_elementAstronomy and AstrophysicsISM: moleculeHYPERFINE STRUCTURESpectral linechemistryDeuteriumrotational spectroscopySpace and Planetary ScienceMillimeterIsotopologuePhysics::Atomic PhysicsAtomic physicsQUANTUM-CHEMICAL CALCULATIONSHyperfine structuredescription
The rotational spectra of the mono-deuterated isotopologues of trans-formic acid, trans-DCOOH and trans-HCOOD, were investigated. In the millimeter- and submillimeter-wave frequency regions the Lamb-dip technique was exploited to obtain sub-Doppler resolution and to resolve the hyperfine structure due to the deuterium and hydrogen nuclei, thus enabling the accurate determination of the corresponding hyperfine constants. The experimental determination was supported by high-level quantum-chemical calculations at the coupled-cluster level of theory using large atomic-orbital basis sets. The Lamb-dip measurements were also supplemented by THz Doppler- limited measurements in order to extend the predictive capability of the available spectroscopic parameters to higher frequencies.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-08-31 | The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series |