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IN his very interesting letter on this subject to NATURE of Jan. 28, Prof. Birge has decided that the first of the two alternatives which I proposed for the structure of the spectrum of H2 is correct. I should have been very much pleased to obtain the support of so eminent and experienced a band spectroscopist for either view ; but at the present time there is no material divergence between us. The last of the two or perhaps three papers1 which Prof. Birge traverses was written nearly a year ago. At that time it was obvious that there was a misfit somewhere, and I indicated two alternative positions for it. Since then much information about the extreme ultra-violet, as well as the visible spectrum, has come to light. There are also the results of the calculated structure of the hydrogen molecule which have been obtained by the new quantum mechanics. It now seems fairly certain that the suspected coincidence of my 23P level with Dieke and Hopfield's C level is an accident. The case for the coincidence of my 21S level with their B level is much more convincing.
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RICHARDSON, O. The Hydrogen Molecule. Nature 121, 320 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/121320a0
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