Optical and Microwave Absorption Spectroscopy of Metal Containing Molecules

该奖项由化学系实验物理化学系及物理系原子、分子及光学物理系资助，获奖者包括：亚利桑那州立大学的Steimle和他的博士后、研究生和本科生研究生将研究含金属小分子的高分辨率光学和微波光谱学。 特别强调将放在调查金属氢键在双原子的金属氢化物，以及塞曼和斯塔克光谱的小，含金属的自由基分子的详细调查。 许多选定的研究目标在测量电子偶极矩以及冷却和限制分子以形成玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚体的努力中具有重要意义。除了将拟议的研究应用于现代物理研究中令人兴奋的领域的尖端实验之外，Steimle教授还保持着一个小型但多样化的研究小组，他与他们密切合作，在现代仪器方法和复杂的量子力学方面进行培训。 该小组受益于许多合作-国外和国内-这有助于为他的小组成员提供跨越国际边界的宝贵跨学科经验。

In this award, funded by the Experimental Physical Chemistry Program of the Chemistry Division and the Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Program of the Physics Division, Prof. Timothy C. Steimle of Arizona State University and his postdoctoral, graduate, and undergraduate research students will study the high resolution optical and microwave spectroscopy of metal-containing small molecules. Particular emphasis will be placed on investigating metal-hydrogen bonding in diatomic metal hydrides, as well as detailed investigations of Zeeman and Stark spectroscopies of small, metal-containing radical molecules. Many of the targets selected for study are of importance in efforts at measuring the electron dipole moment and in efforts at cooling and confining molecules to make Bose-Einstein condensates.Besides the broader scientific applications of the proposed research to cutting-edge experiments in exciting areas of modern physics research, Prof. Steimle maintains a small but diverse research group, with whom he works closely to train in modern instrumental methods and sophisticated quantum mechanics. The group benefits from a number of collaborations -- both foreign as well as domestic -- which helps to provide his group members with valuable interdisciplinary experience that crosses international borders.