Doctoral Dissertations
Abstract
"Lifetime measurements have been made on the A²Σ⁺ state of OH by the delayed coincidence technique in conjunction with an interrupted rf discharge through water vapor. Lifetimes are reported for rotational states up to K = 29 and K = 20 in the v = 0 and v = 1 vibrational levels respectively and on the unresolved levels of v =2. A predissociation, previously predicted from relative intensity measurements, resulting from a curve crossing by the repulsive 4 Σˉ state, was observed for the rotational states above K = 23 of v = 0, for those above K = 14 of v = 1, and for all those of v = 2. These lifetime data are discussed qualitatively in terms of the electronic-rotational perturbation matrices and the vibrational overlap integrals. The large variation of the transition moment with respect to the internuclear separation and the vibrational-rotational interaction predicted from relative intensities was also observed. For these states (K < 23, v = 0; K < 14, v = 1) the lifetime data are combined with relative intensity measurements to obtain oscillator strengths"--Abstract, page iii.
Advisor(s)
Anderson, Richard A.
Committee Member(s)
Carstens, John C., 1937-
Penico, Anthony J., 1923-2011
Snow, William R.
Nygaard, Kaare J.
Department(s)
Physics
Degree Name
Ph. D. in Physics
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Publication Date
1972
Pagination
viii, 90 pages
Note about bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-89)
Rights
© 1972 Robert Allen Sutherland, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Dissertation - Open Access
File Type
text
Language
English
Subject Headings
Atmosphere, Upper
Oscillator strengths
Thesis Number
T 2766
Print OCLC #
6034289
Electronic OCLC #
893629328
Link to Catalog Record
Recommended Citation
Sutherland, Robert Allen, "Radiative and predissociative lifetimes of the A²Σ⁺ state of OH" (1972). Doctoral Dissertations. 209.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/doctoral_dissertations/209