TA. MINI-SYMPOSIUM: METHANOL

TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1998 - 8:30AM

Room: 1153 SMITH LAB

Chair: RON LEES, University of New Brunswick, Frederickton, NB, Canada

TA01 INVITED TALK 30min8:30

INTERSTELLAR METHANOL.

KARL M. MENTEN, Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany.

TA02			15min9:05

THE CHEMISTRY AND IMPORTANCE OF INTERSTELLAR METHANOL.

ERIC HERBST, Departments of Physics and Astronomy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210.

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TA03			15min9:22

METHANOL IN TRANSLUCENT INTERSTELLAR MOLECULAR CLOUDS.

B. E. TURNER, NRAO, 520 Edgemont Rd., Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA.

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TA04			10min9:39

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY OF METHANOL FOR MICROGRAVITY COMBUSTION DIAGNOSTICS .

NANCY D. PILTCH, NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland OH 44135; DAVID S. PERRY, Department of Chemistry, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325; LI-HONG XU, Physical Sciences Department, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, NB, Canada E2L 4L5.

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TA05			15min9:51

GLOBAL ANALYSIS OF A-, B- AND C-TYPE TRANSITIONS INVOLVING TUNNELING COMPONENTS OF K = 0 AND 1 STATES OF THE METHANOL DIMER.

C. L. LUGEZ, F. J. LOVAS, J. T. HOUGEN, Optical Technology Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899; AND N. OHASHI, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa, Japan 920-11.

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TA06			15min10:08

GLOBAL FIT FOR CH₃OD AND THE QUESTION OF INTERPRETATION OF GLOBAL FIT PARAMETERS FOR METHANOL AND ITS ISOTOPOMERS.

MATTHEW S. WALSH, Department of Physics, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3; LI-HONG XU, Department of Physical Sciences, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, N.B., Canada E2L 4L5; R. M. LEES, Department of Physics, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3.

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INTERMISSION

TA07			15min10:45

A NEW FAR-INFRARED LASER: WITH LINEAR-POLARIZATION, LAMB-DIP-STABILIZATION, AND A GAUSSIAN-BEAM OUTPUT.

K. M. EVENSON, M. D. ALLEN, Time and Frequency Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO 80303-3328; AND E. C. C. VASCONCELLOS, Instituto de Física "Gleb Wataghin," Departamento de Eletrônica Quântica Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil.

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TA08			15min11:02

SHORT-WAVELENGTH (30 TO 150 µm) OPTICALLY PUMPED LASER LINES IN A METHANOL LASER.

E. C. C. VASCONCELLOS, Instituto de Física "Gleb Wataghin," Departamento de Eletrônica Quântica, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil; L. R. ZINK AND K. M. EVENSON, Time and Frequency Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO 80303-3328.

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TA09			10min11:19

FERMI MIXING AND FORBIDDEN TRANSITIONS IN METHANOL-D₁ AND CONFIRMATION OF OPTICALLY PUMPED FAR-INFRARED LASER LINES.

INDRANATH MUKHOPADHYAY, Laser Programme, Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452 013, India .

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TA10			10min11:31

HIGH RESOLUTION FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROSCOPY OF THE C-O STRETCH STATE OF METHANOL-D₁ AND ASSIGNMENTS OF OPTICALLY PUMPED FAR-INFRARED LASER LINES.

INDRANATH MUKHOPADHYAY, Laser Programme, Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452 013, India; MICHAEL LOCK AND STEFAN KLEE, Physikalisch Chemisches Institut der Justus Liebig Universitaet, D-35392 Giessen, Germany.

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TA11			15min11:43

ON THE ASSIGNMENT OF OPTICALLY PUMPED FAR-INFRARED LASER EMISSION FROM CH₃OH.

R. M. LEES, Department of Physics, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3; LI-HONG XU, Department of Physical Sciences, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, N.B., Canada E2L 4L5.

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