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Improvement of the dissociation energy of the hydrogen molecule (Part two)
Hoelsch, Nicolas
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- Title
- Improvement of the dissociation energy of the hydrogen molecule (Part two)
- Author(s)
- Hoelsch, Nicolas
- Contributor(s)
- Jungen, Christian
- Ubachs, Wim
- Salumbides, Edcel John
- Eikema, K.S.E.
- Bethlem, Hendrick
- Niu, Ming Li
- Hussels, Joël
- Cheng, Cunfeng
- Merkt, Frederic
- Agner, Josef A.
- Beyer, Maximilian
- Issue Date
- 2018-06-22
- Keyword(s)
- Comparing theory and experiment
- Date of Ingest
- 2018-08-17T16:09:23Z
- 2018-12-12T22:38:56Z
- Abstract
- The dissociation energy D0 of ortho H2 is a benchmark quantity in quantum chemistry, with recent QED calculations now approaching accuracies achievable in simple atoms. In the light of recent discrepancies between experiment and theory [1], a combined effort (see also part one) has been undertaken to provide an improved experimental value for D0. We report the transition frequency from the GK 1Σ + g (v = 1, N = 1) state to the 56p (N = 1, S = 0, F = 0 − 2) Rydberg state belonging to the series converging on the X+ 2Σ + g (v + = 0, N + = 1) ground state of ortho H+ 2 . A resonant three-photon excitation scheme was employed, using pulsed VUV and VIS laser sources to reach the intermediate GK state and a continuous-wave near-infrared (NIR) laser source for the transition to the Rydberg state. To reach the desired accuracy, the procedure involved [2]: (i) minimizing the Doppler width through the use of a doubly skimmed, supersonic molecular beam produced by a cryogenic pulsed valve, (ii) minimizing stray electric and magnetic fields, (iii) cancelling the first-order Doppler shift using two counterpropagating laser beams, (iv) calibrating the NIR-laser frequency using a frequency comb referenced to an atomic clock. The ionization energy of the intermediate GK state was obtained by adding the binding energy of the Rydberg state determined previously by millimeter-wave spectroscopy and multichannel quantum-defect theory [3]. In combination with the GK 1Σ + g (v = 1, N = 1) ← X 1Σ + g (v = 0, N = 1) transition frequency presented in part one, an order-of magnitude improvement for D0 at the 10−9 level of accuracy has been achieved, while remaining consistent with the previously most precise determination [4]. [1] M. Puchalski et al., Phys. Rev. A 95, 052506 (2017) [2] M. Beyer et al., Phys. Rev. A 97, 012501 (2018) [3] D. Sprecher et al., J. Chem. Phys. 140, 104303:1-18 (2014) [4] J. Liu et al., J. Chem. Phys. 130 (17), 174306 (2009)
- Publisher
- International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy
- Type of Resource
- text
- Genre of Resource
- Conference Paper / Presentation
- Language
- eng
- Permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/2142/100634
- DOI
- 10.15278/isms.2018.FC07
- Copyright and License Information
- Copyright 2018 Nicolas Hoelsch
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