Abstract
First-principles computations and experimental measurements of transition energies are carried out for vibrational overtone lines of the triatomic hydrogen ion H3+ corresponding to floppy vibrations high above the barrier to linearity. Action spectroscopy is improved to detect extremely weak visible-light spectral lines on cold trapped H3+ ions. A highly accurate potential surface is obtained from variational calculations using explicitly correlated Gaussian wave function expansions. After nonadiabatic corrections, the floppy H3+ vibrational spectrum is reproduced at the 0.1cm -1 level up to 16600cm -1.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 023002 |
Journal | Physical review letters |
Volume | 108 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 11 2012 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy