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项目资助的合作研究项目中，O'Brien将对含有双原子自由基CuO、NiH、NiCl和NiF的金属的电子能谱进行研究。本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曲线。这些物质的特点是它们的开壳结构，这引起了核、电子、振动和旋转自由度之间的一系列相互作用。除了具有内在的兴趣外，这项研究的结果还将对天体物理学等其他领域产生影响。实验技术基于腔内激光吸收光谱，其设备位于圣路易斯的密苏里大学。本研究将由本科生和硕士研究生进行，他们将接受当代实验和理论光谱学技术的知识和培训。该项目由一所主要本科院校和一所主要研究型大学的研究人员合作完成。该研究项目旨在提供关于一组含有双原子分子的金属的能量的新信息，其结果将对天体物理学等其他领域有用。该项目为本科生和中级研究生提供当代先进激光光谱学技术的研究培训。该项目还包含了一项外展计划，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.