Low temperature pressure broadening of NH3 by D2

We report experimentally measured cross sections for pressure broadening of ammonia inversion transitions by J=0, ortho-D2 at temperatures of 18-40 K. These measurements were made in a quasiequilibrium cell using the collisional cooling technique. Cross sections for broadening of the metastable (J,K...

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Published inThe Journal of chemical physics Vol. 120; no. 1; p. 129
Main Authors Willey, Daniel R, Timlin, Jr, Robert E, Ruggiero, Charles D, Sulai, Ibrahim A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.01.2004
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Summary:We report experimentally measured cross sections for pressure broadening of ammonia inversion transitions by J=0, ortho-D2 at temperatures of 18-40 K. These measurements were made in a quasiequilibrium cell using the collisional cooling technique. Cross sections for broadening of the metastable (J,K)=(1, 1), (2, 2) and (3, 3) inversion transitions ranged from 67.5 A2 for (1, 1) at 20.0 K to 100.1 A2 for (3, 3) at 25.0 K. The J=0, ortho-D2 cross sections were found to be consistently larger than previously measured cross sections for low temperature broadening of NH3 by both He and H2.
ISSN:0021-9606
DOI:10.1063/1.1630570