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Pair Identity and Smooth Variation Rules Applicable for the Spectroscopic Parameters of H2O Transitions Involving High-J StatesTwo basic rules (i.e. the pair identity and the smooth variation) applicable for H2O transitions involving high-J states have been discovered. The origins of these rules are the properties of the energy levels and wavefunctions of H2O states with the quantum number J above certain boundaries. As a result, for lines involving high-J states in individually defined groups, all their spectroscopic parameters (i.e. the transition wavenumber, intensity, pressure-broadened half-width, pressure-induced shift, and temperature exponent) must follow these rules. One can use these rules to screen spectroscopic data provided by databases and to identify possible errors. In addition, by using extrapolation methods within the individual groups, one is able to predict the spectroscopic parameters for lines in this group involving very high-J states. The latter are required in developing high-temperature molecular spectroscopic databases such as HITEMP.
Document ID
20110024069
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Ma, Q.
(NASA Goddard Inst. for Space Studies New York, NY, United States)
Tipping, R. H.
(Alabama Univ. Tuscaloosa, AL, United States)
Lavrentieva, N. N.
(Academy of Sciences (Russia) Tomsk, Russian Federation)
Date Acquired
August 25, 2013
Publication Date
August 10, 2010
Publication Information
Publication: Molecular Physics
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Volume: 109
Issue: 15
ISSN: 0026-8976
Subject Category
Astronomy
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNG06GB23G
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNX09AB62G
CONTRACT_GRANT: DE-AC02-05CH11231
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNX09AB92G
CONTRACT_GRANT: FCCS-547
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNH08ZDA001N-ACLAB
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Public
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