Rovibronic structure of Rydberg and non-Rydberg states of H2O and D2O
- 14 December 1980
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics B: Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Vol. 13 (23) , L705-L710
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3700/13/23/006
Abstract
High-resolution vacuum ultraviolet absorption spectra of H2O are reported. The rotational structures of the bands below 1200 AA have been resolved for the first time and yield a wealth of new rovibronic information both below and above the first two ionisation potentials. The resolving power of the authors' apparatus is at least equal to the highest resolving power previously achieved at 1240 AA in studies of H2O but our experimental method is not limited, as were the earlier ones, to wavelengths longer than 1190 AA. Surprising aspects of rotational structure in the 5s state are commented upon in the light of the group theoretical characterisation of the vacancy. Corresponding observations for D2O have also been made.Keywords
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