Laboratory Spectroscopy of Hot Water near 2 Microns and Sunspot Spectroscopy in the H‐Band Region
Author(s) -
K. Tereszchuk,
P. F. Bernath,
Nikolai F. Zobov,
S. V. Shirin,
O. L. Polyansky,
Noam I. Libeskind,
Jonathan Tennyson,
Lloyd Wallace
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
the astrophysical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.376
H-Index - 489
eISSN - 1538-4357
pISSN - 0004-637X
DOI - 10.1086/342167
Subject(s) - physics , spectroscopy , sunspot , spectral line , emission spectrum , line (geometry) , astrophysics , infrared spectroscopy , astronomy , magnetic field , quantum mechanics , geometry , mathematics
The infrared spectrum of sunspots is analyzed in the H-band region (5540-6997 cm 1) with the aid of a new, hot (T ¼ 1800 K) laboratory emission spectrum of water covering 4878-7552 cm 1. There are 682 lines in the sunspot spectrum and 5589 lines in the laboratory spectrum assigned quantum numbers corresponding to transitions due to H216O using a combination of previously known experimental energy levels for water and variational line lists. A further 201 unassigned lines common to both spectra can also be associated with water. Subject headings: infrared: solar system — infrared: stars — molecular data — sunspots On-line material: color figure, machine-readable tables
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