Abstract
The vibration-rotational spectrum of the hydrogen molecular ion H has been observed by means of a new ion-beam laser-resonance method employing Doppler-effect tuning and collisional detection. Six transition-frequency groups between 1642 and 1869 , exhibiting partially resolved hyperfine structure, have been measured to ± 1 ppm. The accuracy exceeds that of present theoretical calculations of H energy levels.
- Received 13 May 1976
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.36.1488
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