Schematic of an MHI (IMAGE)

Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf

Schematic of an MHI

Caption

Schematic of an MHI, here an HD+ molecule: It comprises a hydrogen nucleus (p) and a deuteron nucleus (d) that can rotate around and vibrate against each other. In addition, there is an electron (e). The movements of p and d are expressed in the appearance of spectral lines.

Credit

HHU/Soroosh Alighanbari

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