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ical exc
itat
ion energ
ies belong
ing to some d
ifferent Rydberg ser
ies of hydrogen chlor
ide have beendeterm
ined w
ith a coupled-cluster theoret
ical approach. These exc
itat
ion energ
ies have allowed us to calculateelectr
ic d
ipole trans
it
ion
intens
it
ies
in HCl and allow add
it
ional assessment of the calculat
ion approach presentlyused to prov
ide an adequate descr
ipt
ion of the valence and Rydberg states of HCl. The molecular quantumdefect orb
ital has been appl
ied to the calculat
ion of osc
illator strengths. In part
icular, new
ins
ight
is g
iven onthe ass
ignment of states as the R
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