Molecular Ion Transition Probabilities for Analyses of Comet Spectra
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Drs. Parkinson and Smith at Harvard University will conduct a                   research project in laboratory physics which will greatly aid our               understanding of the makeup of comets.  These scientists will                   create molecular ions in the laboratory, they will excite these                 ions to higher energy states, and they will measure the decay of                these ions back to lower energy states in order to determine                    radiative lifetimes and absolute oscillator strengths for these                 molecular species.                                                                                                                                              The interpretation of molecular absorption and emission features                in astronomical spectra relies on the accuracy and completeness                 of laboratory data.  Accurate data such as oscillator strengths                 are necessary for the determination of molecular ion abundances                 in the atmospheres of comets.  Drs. Parkinson and Smith will                    provide the required data on a number of species of ions known                  to exist in comets.
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