RUI: Collaborative Proposal: Visible and Near-Infrared Electronic Spectroscopy of Metal-Containing Diatomic Radicals by Intracavity Laser Absorption Techniques

在这个由化学部实验物理化学计划资助的合作研究项目中，奥布莱恩将对含有CuO、NiH、NiCl和NiF双原子自由基的金属的电子光谱进行研究。 工作的目标是为一系列电子态提供新的或改进的分子常数，并构建这些物种的能级方案和势能曲线。 这些物种的特征在于它们的开放壳层结构，这引起了核，电子，振动和旋转自由度之间的相互作用。 这项研究的结果除了具有内在的意义外，还将对天体物理学等其他领域产生影响。 实验技术是基于腔内激光吸收光谱，其设备位于圣刘易斯的密苏里州大学。 这项研究将与本科生和硕士研究生谁将接受当代实验和理论光谱技术的知识和培训进行。这个项目包括主要本科院校和主要研究型大学的研究人员之间的合作。 该研究计划旨在提供关于一组含金属双原子分子的能量的新信息，其结果将对天体物理等其他领域有用。 该项目为本科生和中级研究生提供先进的当代激光光谱技术的研究培训。 该项目还包括一个外展计划，将允许有天赋的高中生参与研究。

In this collaborative research project, funded by the Experimental Physical Chemistry Program of the Chemistry Division, O'Brien will conduct research on the electronic spectroscopy of metal containing diatomic radicals CuO, NiH, NiCl, and NiF. The goal of the work is to provide new or improved molecular constants for a series of electronic states and to construct the energy level scheme and potential curves of these species. These species are characterized by their open shell structure, which give rise to a host of interactions between nuclear, electronic, vibrational, and rotational degrees of freedom. Besides being of intrinsic interest, the results of this research will also have bearing on other fields such as astrophysics. Experimental techniques are based on intracavity laser absorption spectroscopy, the equipment for which is located at the University of Missouri at Saint Louis. This research will be conducted with undergraduate and MS level graduate students who will receive knowledge and training in the techniques of contemporary experimental and theoretical spectroscopy.This project consists of a collaboration between researchers at a primarily undergraduate institution and a major research university. The research program is designed to provide new information about the energies of a set of metal containing diatomic molecules, the results of which will be useful to other fields such as astrophysics. The project provides training in research to undergraduate and intermediate level graduate students in advanced contemporary techniques of laser spectroscopy. The project also contains an outreach program that will allow gifted high school students to participate in the research.