The rotational spectrum of HC8N, a linear molecule with a triplet ground state

Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy

Volumn 232, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 351-357

  McCarthy, M C ^a   Thaddeus, P ^b  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

FTMW technique; Molecular spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GROUND STATE; INFRARED RADIATION; ISOMERS; MICROWAVE SPECTROSCOPY; MILLIMETER WAVES; MOLECULAR BEAMS; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY;

DIPOLE MOMENTS; FOURIER TRANSFORM MICROWAVE (FTMW) TEHCHNIQUES; HYPERFINE COUPLING CONSTANTS; ROTATIONAL TRANSITIONS;

HYDROGEN INORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 21844449717     PISSN: 00222852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jms.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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