Rotational spectroscopy for astrophysical investigations

Rendiconti Lincei

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 165-172

  Puzzarini, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accurate rest frequencies; Collisional broadening; Lamb dip technique; Molecular ions; Rotational spectroscopy; Thz measurements

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE REST FREQUENCIES; COLLISIONAL BROADENING; LAMB-DIP TECHNIQUE; MOLECULAR IONS; ROTATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY; THZ MEASUREMENTS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 80051665008     PISSN: 20374631     EISSN: 17200776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12210-011-0120-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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