B-1(1) RYDBERG STATE OF H2S MOLECULE
B-1(1) RYDBERG STATE OF H2S MOLECULE
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DOI:
10.1016/0022-2852(75)90173-3
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发表时间:
1975-01-01
影响因子:
1.4
通讯作者:
INNES, KK
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作者:
GALLO, AR;INNES, KK
Many years ago, Price (1, 2) observed an H& Rydberg series whose convergence to the ionization limit followed almost the same course as one of the Rydberg series of the neutral sulfur atom. This remarkable agreement, summarized in Table I, allowed Price to make the assignment of the molecular series to excitation of a nonbonding 3p electron, also as noted in Table I. The sharpest band in the series is a OO band at 1391 A. Price interpreted its partially resolved rotational structure as consistent with a type C electronic transition, that is%-‘A1. It is the purpose of the present note to report a band contour analysis of the 1391 ii band. We confirm Price’s assignment. In addition, we determine the geometric structure and the lifetime of the excited-state molecule. Equipment and procedures were almost identical with those of an earlier paper (5). The cm-’scale of Fig. la was determined by carbon monoxide absorption lines (6). The H2S sample pressure was only a few milli-Torr. When a sample of 98% D $ was used, the spectrum of Fig. la was unchanged, even for appreciably higher pressures. It must be assumed that the corresponding spectrum of DzS is nearly continuous. Ground-state inertial constants of H&5 are well known (7). When they were combined with specific assumptions about the excited state, the band contour program of Professor Louis Pierce could be used to simulate the observed band. The best set of assumptions found by us and the resulting simulated contour are given in Fig. 1. It follows that the transition moment lies perpendicular to the molecular plane (parallel to the inertial axis c) and that the assignments of Table I are correct. As noted in Fig. 1, the linewidth (full width at half maximum) necessary to match approximately the widths of the observed H2S features (> 5 cm-l) is 3 cm-‘. Only a small dependence of this value on rotational quantum number is evident in Fig. la [contrast (S)]. According to the uncertainty principle, the lifetime corresponding to a width of 3 cm-’is slightly longer than NV2 sec. The continuum inferred earlier for D2S implies a lifetime 100 times shorter.Finally, we consider the geometry of the excited-state molecule. The inertial defect, I,’-I,’-Ib’, for the constants of Fig. lb is+ 0.08 amu A2, very close to the value 0.06 of the ground state [contrast (S)]. Therefore, we can expect the bond distance and bond angle to be correct to about 1% if we calculate them from the two moments of