Molecular Studies in the Millimeter and Submillimeter Spectral Region

德卢西亚教授和赫布斯特教授得到了实验物理化学计划的资助，继续他们对涉及小基本分子物种的辐射和碰撞性质的研究。De Lucia和Herbst利用毫米波和亚毫米波光谱工具，研究了在极低温度(低于5K)下气相物种的碰撞，分子间转动能量转移的机制和模型，以及各种简单分子的内部转子态的光谱。这个合作的实验和理论计划提供了重要的基础科学信息，这些信息可能在各种不同的领域中使用，包括分子天体物理、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.