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Estimate of the H2 abundance in the atmosphere of uranus from the pressure induced spectrum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

J. D. Poll
J. D. Poll*
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Abstract

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Theoretical values of matrix elements of the quadrupole moment (Birnbaum and Poll, 1969; Dalgarno and Allison, 1969) and of the polarizability of H2 (Birnbaum and Poll, to be published) are used to calculate the integrated intensities of a number of lines in the pressure-induced overtone spectra of molecular hydrogen. These calculated intensities are used to obtain an estimate of the H2 abundance in the atmosphere of Uranus from the equivalent width of a feature in the 4-0 pressure-induced band observed by Giver and Spinrad (1966). An estimate of the equivalent width of the corresponding bands on Jupiter is also given.

Type
Part III: Outer Planets
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 40: Planetary Atmospheres , 1971 , pp. 384 - 391
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1971 

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