MEASUREMENT OF THE ROTATIONAL SPECTRUM OF $OH^{+}$ AND $OD^{+}$ BY LASER MAGNETIC RESONANCE
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1985
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Ohio State University
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Rotational fine structure transitions have been observed for the $OH^{+}$ and $OD^{+}$ molecular ions V=O in the $X^{3}\Sigma^{-}$ ground state by far-infrared laser magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The ions were generated in an intracavity discharge using 1 torr of helium and 30 mT of $H_{2}O/D_{2}O$. Measurements of N=1+O, N=2+1 and N=3+2 have been made up to 17 kG for both species, with resolution of the $OH^{+}$ hyperfine structures. The data is being analyzed using a modified Tinkham-Strandberg Hamiltonian for $^{3}\Sigma$ states. Results of this analysis will be used to accurately predict astrophysically accessible rotational transitions. This work was supported by the Director, Office of Basic Research, U.S. Department of Energy.
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Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, University of California-Berkeley; Department of Chemistry, University of California-Berkeley; Department of Chemistry, University of California-Berkeley