Physics
Scientific paper
Nov 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008phrvl.101v3001s&link_type=abstract
Physical Review Letters, vol. 101, Issue 22, id. 223001
Physics
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Molecular Spectra, Determination Of Fundamental Constants, Atomic Processes And Interactions, Origin And Formation Of The Universe
Scientific paper
Two distinct high-accuracy laboratory spectroscopic investigations of the H2 molecule are reported. Anchor lines in the EFΣg+1-XΣg+1 system are calibrated by two-photon deep-UV Doppler-free spectroscopy, while independent Fourier-transform spectroscopic measurements are performed that yield accurate spacings in the BΣu+1-EFΣg+1 and IΠg1-CΠu1 systems. From combination differences accurate transition wavelengths for the B-X Lyman and the C-X Werner lines can be determined with accuracies better than ˜5×10-9, representing a major improvement over existing values. This metrology provides a practically exact database to extract a possible variation of the proton-to-electron mass ratio based on H2 lines in high-redshift objects. Moreover, it forms a rationale for equipping a future class of telescopes, carrying 30 40 m dishes, with novel spectrometers of higher resolving powers.
Bailly D.
Eikema Kjeld S. E.
Khramov Alexander
Salumbides Edcel J.
Ubachs Wim
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