Continuous probing of cold complex molecules with infrared frequency comb spectroscopy

B Spaun, PB Changala, D Patterson, BJ Bjork… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
For more than half a century, high-resolution infrared spectroscopy has played a crucial role
in probing molecular structure and dynamics. Such studies have so far been largely …

An ab initio study of the ground and excited electronic states of the methyl radical

A Zanchet, L Bañares, ML Senent… - Physical Chemistry …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The ground and some excited electronic states of the methyl radical have been
characterized by means of highly correlated ab intio techniques. The specific excited states …

Sensitivity and resolution in frequency comb spectroscopy of buffer gas cooled polyatomic molecules

PB Changala, B Spaun, D Patterson, JM Doyle, J Ye - Applied Physics B, 2016 - Springer
We discuss the use of cavity-enhanced direct frequency comb spectroscopy in the mid-
infrared region with buffer gas cooling of polyatomic molecules for high-precision …

Umbrella motion of the methyl cation, radical, and anion molecules: I. Potentials, energy levels and partition functions

M Ragni, ACP Bitencourt, FV Prudente… - The European Physical …, 2016 - Springer
A study of the umbrella motion of the methyl cation, radical, and anion molecules is
presented. This is the floppiest mode of vibration of all three species and its characterization …

Spark discharge excited supersonic gas jets

SV Avtaeva, AE Zarvin, VV Kalyada, AS Yaskin… - … processes in physics …, 2016 - elibrary.ru
The spark discharge excitation of supersonic jets of argon, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide was
studied. The discharge was ignited in the nozzle prechamber between a wire electrode …