Precision Measurement of Highly Excited Atoms and Molecules: From the Infrared to the Vacuum Ultraviolet

对原子和分子系统的结构和动力学的精确测量提供了重要的基准，我们对物质的基本理解可以根据这些基准进行测试。这种测量也提供了参考标准，在许多子领域的应用（例如，测试理论，表明基本常数的时间依赖性）。确定氧和氮等简单分子的行为对于理解塑造地球和其他行星大气的复杂过程非常重要。 这些实验还将使我们能够理解其他化学过程，并将建立我们在开发精密激光技术方面的优势。

Precise measurements of the structure and dynamics of atomic and molecular systems provide important benchmarks against which our fundamental understanding of matter can be tested. Such measurements also provide reference standards, with applications in many subfields (e.g. testing theories that indicate time dependence of the fundamental constants). Determination of the behaviour of simple molecules such as oxygen and nitrogen is important for understanding the complex processes that shape the atmosphere of the earth and other planets. These experiments will also enable the understanding of other chemical processes, and will build on our strengths in developing precision laser technologies.