PRESSURE-INDUCED INFRARED ABSORPTION OF GASEOUS HYDROGEN AND DEUTERIUM AT LOW TEMPERATURES: II. ANALYSIS OF THE BAND PROFILES FOR HYDROGEN

Abstract

Experimental profiles for the pressure-induced fundamental infrared band of hydrogen for a number of temperatures in the range 18–77 °K were analyzed by a computational procedure. Half-widths and peak intensities of 11 components, assumed to have a Boltzmann-modified dispersion line form, were obtained from the analysis. The contributions of the quadrupolar and overlap interactions to the total intensity, as well as their variation with temperature, showed good agreement with theoretical calculations on the exp–4 model.