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ReportsAtmospheric Detection of Water Dimers via Near-Infrared Absorption
Weakly bonded pairs of water molecules (H2O)2, or water dimers (WDs), may play an important role in photochemistry and climate, but the overlap of most of its spectral features with the water monomer (WM) has made detection difficult. We report on WD absorption measurements by means of atmospheric long-path (18.34 kilometers) differential optical absorption spectroscopy of the near-infrared OH stretching mode |0>f|4>b overtone transition predicted to be located near 746 nanometers. Our observation is in reasonable agreement with the known thermochemistry, calculated and measured structure, and spectroscopy (band strength, shape, and width) of the WD. The observation implies that the WD |0>f|4>b band is located at 749.5 nanometers, with a full width at half maximum of Institut für Umweltphysik, INF 229, University of Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Klaus.Pfeilsticker{at}iup.uni-heidelberg.de
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19.4 wave numbers, and that its band strength ranges between 1.23 x 10–22 and 5.25 x 10–22 centimeters per molecule. 
Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)
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