TUNABLE FAR-IR LASER SPECTROSCOPY OF JET-COOLED CARBON CLUSTERS - THE NU-2 BENDING VIBRATION OF C-3

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SCHMUTTENMAER, CA
COHEN, RC
PUGLIANO, N
HEATH, JR
COOKSY, AL
BUSAROW, KL
SAYKALLY, RJ
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[1] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,DIV CHEM SCI,BERKELEY,CA 94720
[2] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY LAWRENCE BERKELEY LAB,BERKELEY,CA 94720
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10.1126/science.11538082
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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Seven rovibrational transitions of the (0110)←(0000) fundamental bending band of C3 have been measured with high precision with the use of a tunable far-infrared laser spectrometer. The C3 molecules were produced by laser vaporization of a graphite rod and cooled in a supersonic expansion. The astrophysically important ν2 fundamental frequency is determined to be 63.416529(40) cm-1. These measurements provide the basis for studies of C3 in the interstellar medium with far-infrared astronomy.
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