RUI: Measurement of Hyperfine Interactions in Small Molecules (Physics)

这一奖项是为了表彰圣奥拉夫学院使用1981年从哈佛大学转移来的设备开展分子光谱学研究计划的支持。使用高分辨率的分子束电子共振光谱仪，将在小分子的振动态和旋转态序列中观察到超精细光谱，例如碱卤化物或氢氧化物。这些光谱将提供改进的超精细相互作用常数的值，并将用于确定每个核位置的电场梯度随核间距离的变化。每年夏天，四名物理本科生将被选为该项目的全职工作人员。

This award is for support to carry out a program of research in molecular spectroscopy at St. Olaf College using equipment transferred from Harvard University in 1981. Hyperfine spectra will be observed in sequences of vibrational and rotational states in small molecules, such as alkali halides or hydroxides, using a high-resolution molecular beam electric resonance spectrometer. These spectra will provide improved values for hyperfine interaction constants and will be used to determine the variation with internuclear distance of electric field gradients at each nuclear site. Four undergraduate physics students will be selected to work full time on the project during each summer.