Molecular Studies in the Millimeter and Submillimeter Spectral Region

De Lucia和Herbst教授得到了来自 实验物理化学计划，继续他们的 辐射和碰撞性质的研究， 基本分子种类 使用毫米的工具 和亚毫米光谱学，De Lucia和Herbst 研究气相物质在极低温度下的碰撞， 温度（低于5 K），机制和建模 分子间转动能量转移和光谱 各种简单分子的内部转子状态。 %%% 这个合作的实验和理论项目 提供了重要的基础科学信息， 在各种不同领域的应用，包括分子 天体物理学、量子电子学和大气科学。

Professors De Lucia and Herbst are supported by a grant from the Experimental Physical Chemistry Program to continue their studies of radiative and collisional preperties involving small fundamental molecular species. Using the tools of millimeter and submillimeter spectroscopy, De Lucia and Herbst are studying the collisions of gas phase species at very low temperatures (below 5 K), the mechanisms and the modeling of intermolecular rotational energy transfer, and the spectroscopy of internal rotor states in various simple molecules. %%% This collaborative experimental and theoretical program provides important basic scientific information of potential use in various diverse fields, including molecular astrophysics, quantum electronics, and atmospheric science.