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Phys. Rev. A 56, R4361 - R4364 (1997)

Determination of the dipole polarizabilities of H2+(0,0) and D2+(0,0) by microwave spectroscopy of high-L Rydberg states of H2 and D2

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P. L. Jacobson, D. S. Fisher, C. W. Fehrenbach, W. G. Sturrus, and S. R. Lundeen
Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523

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Rapid Communication Received 4 August 1997

The fine-structure intervals separating n=9 and 10, L=5–8 Rydberg levels of H2 and D2, bound to the v=0, R=0 ground states of H2+ and D2+, are measured with microwave spectroscopy and used to determine the isotropic dipole polarizabilities of both ion ground states. The results αs(H2+)=3.1659(8)a03 and αs(D2+)=3.0667(8)a03 are more precise than existing theoretical predictions, and their explanation will pose a substantial challenge to the theory of this fundamental ion.


©1997 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.56.R4361
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.56.R4361
PACS: 33.15.Kr, 33.15.Pw, 33.20.Bx

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Erratum: P. L. Jacobson, D. S. Fisher, C. W. Fehrenbach, W. G. Sturrus, and S. R. Lundeen, Erratum: Determination of the dipole polarizabilities of H2+(0,0) and D2+(0,0) by microwave spectroscopy of high-L Rydberg states of H2 and D2 [Phys. Rev. A 56, R4361 (1997)], Phys. Rev. A 57, 4065 (1998)

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