Spectra of H2–Ne and D2–Ne Van der Waals Complexes in the Collision-Induced Fundamental Bands of Hydrogen and Deuterium

Abstract

Spectra of H₂–Ne and D₂–Ne Van der Waals complexes accompanying transitions in the collision-induced fundamental bands of hydrogen and deuterium have been obtained with an absorption path of 110 m at temperatures around 27 K in a specially designed multiple-traversal cell. The observed structure is similar to that of H₂– and D₂–Ar, Kr, and Xe complexes studied earlier, but the number of lines observed for the Ne complexes is fewer because of the shallower intermolecular potential. Well-resolved R and P branches (Δl= ±1, where l is the rotational quantum number of the complex) accompanying the overlap-induced Q₁ (0) transitions are analyzed directly to give rotational (B) and centrifugal stretching (D) constants for the complexes. Unlike the other H₂– rare gas complexes the spectra accompanying quadrupole-induced transitions show no direct evidence of anisotropy of the intermolecular forces.