Selective Enhancement in Hydrogenlike Molecules with the Rare Gases. II. HD and D2 with Ar and Kr

Abstract
Recent work on selective enhancement of the H2 spectrum in Ar and Kr discharges has been extended to HD and D2. Similar phenomena are expected and can be observed in the spectra of these molecules when excited in Ar but not in Kr. The explanation given of the processes involved in the case of H2, namely, resonance fluorescence and collisions of the second kind involving allowed transitions, was supported also by the observed evidence in the present work. Vibration levels in the ground state of HD and D2 were greatly extended and the highest levels which occur in these states can now be estimated at (v= ) 17 and 21, respectively.