The acetylene ground state saga

Michel Herman (1)

1 Service de Chimie Quantique et Photophysique

The evolution of the high-resolution spectroscopic investigation of the vibration-rotation energy states of acetylene in its ground electronic state is presented, with focus on advances co-authored by the ULB group. The emergence of a global picture accounting for all available spectroscopic fingerprints, at their full accuracy, is highlighted. Contribution of this research to various topics is illustrated, including instrumental developments, local mode trends, quantum vs. classical correspondence, energy vs. time approaches and nucleation processes.

Mots clés: Physical Sciences

Michel Herman. The acetylene ground state saga. Molecular Physics, 2008, 105 (17-18), pp.2217-2241. ⟨10.1080/00268970701518103⟩. ⟨hal-00513123⟩