High resolution study of the six lowest doubly excited vibrational states of PH2D

The five lowest doubly excited deformational vibrational bands ν₄ + ν₆, 2ν₆, ν₃ + ν₄, ν₃ + ν₆, and 2ν₃ of PH₂D have been recorded for the first time using a Bruker 120 HR interferometer with a resolution 0.0033 cm⁻¹ and analysed. Some transitions belonging to a very weak band 2ν₄ have been also assigned. From the fit 24 and 86, respectively, diagonal and resonance interaction parameters were obtained which reproduce 1089 upper energy levels obtained from more than 4600 assigned transitions with the rms deviation of 0.00059 cm⁻¹.     

High resolution fourier transform spectrum of PD3 in the region of the stretching overtone bands 2ν1 and ν1+ν3

The infrared spectrum of the PD₃ molecule has been measured in the region of the first stretching overtone bands on a Fourier transform spectrometer with a resolution of 0.0068 cm⁻¹ and analyzed for the first time. More than 800 transitions with J^max=15 have been assigned to the bands 2ν₁ and ν₁+ν₃. An effective Hamiltonian was used which takes into account both the presence of resonance interactions between the states (2 0 0 0) and (1 0 1 0), and interactions of these with the third stretching vibrational state of the v=2 polyad, (0 0 2 0). A set of 44 spectroscopic parameters is obtained from the fit. This reproduces the 305 initial “experimental” upper rovibrational energies with an rms=0.0015 cm⁻¹.     

High-resolution Fourier transform spectrum of H2S in the region of the second hexade

High-resolution Fourier transform infrared spectrum of was recorded and analyzed in the region of the second hexade . More than 1700 transitions were assigned to the 2ν₁ + ν₂, ν₁ + ν₂ + ν₃, ν₁ + 3ν₂, 3ν₂ + ν₃, 5ν₂, and ν₂ + 2ν₃ bands with the maximum value of quantum number J equal to 18, 18, 13, 11, 13, and 9, respectively. The theoretical analysis was fulfilled with a Hamiltonian model which takes into account numerous resonance interactions between all the vibrational states in this polyad. By a least-square fitting, finally 505 upper energy levels were reproduced by 80 parameters with an rms deviation of 0.0019 cm⁻¹.     

The high resolution infrared bands ν1, ν2, ν4 and ν2 + ν5 of FClO3

The high resolution infrared spectrum of mono-isotopic F³⁷Cl¹⁶O₃ has been studied in the regions of ν₁, ν₂, ν₄ and ν₂ + ν₅ bands, centered at 1060.20, 707.16, 1301.71 and 1292.15 cm⁻¹, respectively. The ν₁ and ν₂ parallel bands are unperturbed so their analysis was straightforward and 3355 and 2433 transitions were assigned, respectively. The band origins, the rotational and centrifugal molecular constants in the v₁ = 1 and v₂ = 1 states have been determined, with standard deviation of the fits σ = 0.00019 and 0.00018 cm⁻¹. The ν₄ fundamental is affected by an anharmonic resonance with the ν₂ + ν₅ combination band. The kl > 0 sublevels cross at kl ? 27 because of the opposite values of and . The anharmonic resonance constant  cm⁻¹ has been derived. The Δl = Δk = ±2 and Δl = 0, Δk = ±3 essential resonances have been found to be effective in ν₄, while in ν₂ + ν₅ only the Δl = Δk = ±2 one was active. A total of 5721 transitions have been assigned, 25% of them belonging to ν₂ + ν₅. The rovibrational parameters and the interaction constants of F³⁷Cl¹⁶O₃ have been obtained. The standard deviation of the fit is 0.0006 cm⁻¹, six times the estimated data precision. The equilibrium geometry of perchloryl fluoride has been determined from the A_e and B_e constants of F³⁵Cl¹⁶O₃ and F³⁷Cl¹⁶O₃. Using the A₀ and B₀ constants of all the symmetric species the r₀ geometry has also been derived.     

CW-Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy of the ozone molecule in the 5980-6220 cm region

The absorption spectrum of ozone, ¹⁶O₃, has been recorded in the 5980-6220 cm⁻¹ region by high sensitivity CW-Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy (α_min ∼ 3 × 10⁻¹⁰ cm⁻¹). This study extends a first investigation with the same experimental set-up limited to the 6030-6090 cm⁻¹ spectral region [M.-R. De Backer-Barilly, A. Barbe, Vl.G. Tyuterev, D. Romanini, B. Moeskops, A. Campargue, J. Mol. Struct. 780-781 (2006) 225-233] where the analysis of two A-type bands was reported, using FTS spectra for complementary information. The spectral extension of the recordings allows not only to enlarge considerably the observed transitions of these two bands, but more importantly, to assign four new bands: the 3ν₂ + 4ν₃,5ν₁ + ν₂ and ν₁ + 2ν₂ + 4ν₃ B-type bands which were considered as dark in our previous report and the 3ν₁ + 3ν₂ + ν₃ A-type band. The high mixing of the observed states approaching the dissociation limit, leads to the breakdown of the polyad structure and ambiguities in the vibrational labelling which are discussed. Finally, 1789 transitions were assigned, and a suitable Hamiltonian model allows reproducing correctly the observations for five of the six observed bands. The list of 1004 experimentally determined energy levels is provided. The determined effective Hamiltonian and transition moment operators were used to generate a list of 5338 transitions given as Supplementary Material. It is interesting to note that the d₅ parameter of the effective transition moment is of great importance to account for the observed intensities of the B-type bands.     

CRDS spectroscopy of O3. Part 2: Analysis of six interacting bands between 5930 and 6080 cm

The absorption spectrum of ¹⁸O₃ has been recorded in the 5930-6080 cm⁻¹ region using CW-Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy. 1888 transitions belonging to five bands have been assigned. Three of them are A-type bands: 2ν₂ + 5ν₃, ν₁ + ν₂ + 5ν₃ and 5ν₁ + ν₃, and two bands are of B-type: 2ν₁ + ν₂ + 4ν₃ and 4ν₁ + 3ν₂. Despite a complex spectral pattern perturbed by many rovibrational resonances, it has been possible to find a suitable effective Hamiltonian model reproducing all the transition wavenumbers (corresponding to 1016 energy levels) with an rms deviation of 9.5 × 10⁻³ cm⁻¹. A set of 721 line intensities was determined and fitted to derive the effective transition moment parameters. This set of parameters and the experimental energy levels were used to generate a complete line list of 2795 transitions allowing to generate synthetic spectrum in good agreement with the experimental spectrum.     

Joint ro-vibrational analysis of the HDS high resolution infrared data

High resolution Fourier transform spectra of the HDS molecule were recorded and analyzed for the first time in the region of the bands ν₁ + 2ν₂ (3938.6 cm⁻¹), ν₁ + ν₃ (4522.6 cm⁻¹), 2ν₂ + ν₃ (4638.8 cm⁻¹), 2ν₁ + ν₂ (4767.7 cm⁻¹), ν₁ + ν₂ + ν₃ (5525.2 cm⁻¹), 3ν₁ (5560.6 cm⁻¹), ν₁ + 2ν₃ (7047.2 cm⁻¹), and 2ν₂ + 2ν₃ (7123.9 cm⁻¹). The ro-vibrational energies of the upper vibrational states of these bands together with the ro-vibrational energies of 12 other bands already studied at high resolution were used as inputs in a Global Fit analysis firstly described in [O.N. Ulenikov, G.A. Onopenko, H. Lin, J.-H. Zhang, Z.-Y. Zhou, Q.-S. Zhu, R.N. Tolchenov, J. Mol. Spectrosc. 189 (1998) 29-39]. In this case, the resonance interactions between the states (v₁v₂v₃) and (v₁ ± 2 v₂ ? 1 v₃ ? 1) were taken into account. The resulting set of 143 parameters reproduces all the experimental data (2984 vibration-rotation energies of 20 vibrational states which correspond to about 9700 ro-vibrational transitions with J^max = 23) with accuracies comparable with the experimental uncertainties.     

The (ν1, ν4, ν2+ν3, ν3+ν5) Polyad of D3SiF around 1600 cm, Studied by High-Resolution FTIR Spectroscopy

The ν₁ (A₁, 1578.31 cm⁻¹)/ν₄(E, 1615.17 cm⁻¹) Si-D stretching dyad of D₃SiF has been studied by FTIR spectroscopy with a resolution of 2.4×10⁻³ cm⁻¹. Only weak interactions of Coriolis (ΔK=±1, Δ?=±1) and α resonance (ΔK=±2, Δ?=?1) type between ν₁ and ν₄, and of ? (2,−4) type within ν₄, were revealed. However, the v₁=1 and v₄=1 levels were found to be severely perturbed by the v₃=v₅=1 (E, 1590.37 cm⁻¹) and v₂=v₃=1 (A₁, 1604.25 cm⁻¹) states. These perturbations are observable only near level crossings involving strong Coriolis and α interactions. The energy structure within these perturbers is severely complicated by strong Coriolis and α resonances and by ? (2, 2), ? (2,−1), and ? (2,−4) interactions as already revealed by the ν₂(A₁, 710.16 cm⁻¹) and ν₅ (E, 701.72 cm⁻¹) fundamentals. Interactions of the perturbing states with the ν₁/ν₄ dyad are particularly evident in local crossings. In total, 12 transitions belonging to the dark states and 68 perturbation-allowed transitions within the ν₁/ν₄ dyad have been detected among the more than 5000 transitions that have been assigned for the ν₁/ν₄ dyad, with J_max and K_max of 50 and 30, respectively. Altogether about 85% of the assigned transitions were fitted with a standard deviation of 0.221×10⁻³ cm⁻¹, leading to 61 parameters of the interacting polyad.     

Extended Analysis of Line Positions and Intensities of Ozone Bands in the 2900-3400 cm Region

The 2900-3400 cm⁻¹ spectral range is revisited for an accurate determination of line positions and line intensities of the 3ν₃, ν₁+2ν₃, 2ν₁+ν₃, and 3ν₁ bands of ozone. The fit on 4520 rotational energy levels of (012), (111), (210), (130), (003), (102), (201), and (300) vibrational states determined from observed transitions of cold and hot bands in the 2400-3400 cm⁻¹ region with J_max=65 and K_{a max}=20 gives a r.m.s.=7×10⁻⁴ cm⁻¹ and provides a satisfactory agreement between calculated and observed line positions (dimensionless standard deviation is χ=1.44). The set of 2580 line intensities of 7 rovibrational bands has been measured and fitted with a r.m.s.=6.9% (χ=1.2), leading to the determination of transition moment parameters for these bands. Using these parameters we have obtained more precise estimation for the integrated band intensities S(3ν₃)=1.41×10⁻¹⁹, S(ν₁+2ν₃)=1.28×10⁻²⁰, S(2ν₁+ν₃)=7.91×10⁻²¹, S(3ν₁)=4.72×10⁻²² cm⁻¹/mol cm⁻² at 296 K, with a cutoff 2×10⁻²⁶ cm⁻¹/mol cm⁻². The interactions of the tetrad (003)/(102)/(201)/(300) with the (130) state and the tetrad (040)/(012)/(111)/(210) are studied.     

CW-cavity ring down spectroscopy of the ozone molecule in the 6220-6400 cm region

The absorption spectrum of ozone,¹⁶O₃, has been recorded in the 6220-6400 cm⁻¹ region by high sensitivity CW-cavity ring down spectroscopy (α_min ∼ 3 × 10⁻¹⁰ cm⁻¹). 1836 rovibrational transitions have been assigned to the 2ν₂ + 5ν₃, 5ν₁ + ν₃ and 2ν₁ +  2ν₂ + 3ν₃ A-type bands centred at 6305, 6355 and 6387 cm⁻¹, respectively. In addition, 99 lines of the very weak ν₁ + 2ν₂ +  4ν₃ and 4ν₁ + 3ν₂ B-type bands are identified. The modeling of the observed spectrum in the effective Hamiltonian approach was particularly laborious and complex as several rovibrational interactions of both Coriolis and anaharmonic type were found to be of importance, in particular for the (124) vibrational state. Nevertheless, it has finally been possible to fit the 990 experimentally determined energy levels with an rms deviation of 8.29 × 10⁻³ cm⁻¹ and to derive the transition moment parameters allowing a satisfactory reproduction of the observed intensities. As the differences in positions between the final calculations and observations are still larger than the experimental accuracy, we provide the list of all energy levels derived from the observation, in addition to their differences with the calculated ones. These experimental energy levels, with the transition moment parameters were used to generate a line-list of 2451 transitions, reproducing the observed spectrum. This list is given as Supplementary Material.     

Water vapor absorption line intensities in the 1900-6600 cm region

Water vapor infrared spectra have been measured using the Bruker IFS 120 HR Fourier transform spectrometer at the Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut of the Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen. Spectra were recorded at pressure-broadening-limited resolution and at room temperature in the range of 1900-6600 cm⁻¹. The use of fully evacuated transfer optics and a White-type multireflection cell made it possible to obtain pressure×pathlength products up to 31.27 mbar×288.5 m. These spectra have previously been used to determine experimental values of rovibrational line positions and upper energy levels of the 2ν₂, ν₁, and ν₃ bands [Mikhailenko SN, Tyuterev VlG, Keppler KA, Winnewisser BP, Winnewisser M, Mellau G, et. al. The 2ν₂ band of water: analysis of new FTS measurements and high-K_a transitions and energy levels. J Mol Spectrosc 1997;184: 330-49] and of the 3ν₂, ν₁+ν₂, and ν₂+ν₃ bands [Mikhailenko SN, Tyuterev VlG, Starikov VI, Albert KK, Winnewisser BP, Winnewisser M, et al. Water spectra in the region 4200-6250 cm⁻¹, extended analysis of ν₁+ν₂, ν₂+ν₃, and 3ν₂ bands and confirmation of highly excited states from flame spectra and from atmospheric long-path observations. J. Mol. Spectrosc. 2002; 213: 91-121].This work presents the intensities of 3769 lines for the weak and medium transitions in the spectral range indicated. These data provide an independent source of experimental information which is complementary to intensity data available in the literature and can thus help to evaluate experimental errors and the reliability of these spectral line parameters.     

The 2ν1, 2ν2 and 2ν3 overtones of FClO3

The infrared spectra of the 2ν₁, 2ν₂ and 2ν₃ overtones of perchloryl fluoride, FClO₃, have been recorded at high resolution using monoisotopic pure samples. Four symmetric top species have been investigated: F³⁵Cl¹⁶O₃, F³⁷Cl¹⁶O₃, F³⁵Cl¹⁸O₃ and F³⁷Cl¹⁸O₃. The v_i = 2, i = 1, 2, 3 vibrationally excited states are totally symmetric, so these overtones correspond to parallel bands of medium/weak intensity, centered from 2010 to 2120 cm⁻¹ (2ν₁), from 1390 to 1430 cm⁻¹ (2ν₂) and from 1070 to 1100 cm⁻¹ (2ν₃). Most of the bands are unperturbed and their analysis was straightforward. The band origins, the rotational and centrifugal molecular constants in the v₁ = 2, v₂ = 2 and v₃ = 2 states have been determined, with standard deviations of the fits from 0.00024 to 0.00067 cm⁻¹. The 2ν₁ overtones of F³⁵Cl¹⁶O₃ and F³⁷Cl¹⁶O₃ are perturbed by an A₁/E Coriolis resonance between the v₁ = 2 state and one E component of the v₄ = 1, v₆ = 2 manifold. The 2ν₂ of F³⁷Cl¹⁸O₃ is perturbed by the same kind of interaction involving the v₁ = v₆ = 1 (E) state, at about 1396 cm⁻¹. In these bands the resonance is localized on rotational levels with specific J and K values. As a consequence, a few transitions of the perpendicular bands involving the interacting levels could be identified in the spectra. A simultaneous fit of the transitions assigned to the dyads has been performed and the parameters of the excited states have been determined, including the high order Coriolis interaction coefficient . The anharmonic constants x₁₁, x₂₂, x₃₃ of all the studied isotopologues of FClO₃, x₄₆ of F³⁵Cl¹⁶O₃, x₄₆ + g₄₆ of F³⁷Cl¹⁶O₃ and x₁₆ of F³⁷Cl¹⁸O₃, have been derived.     

CW-Cavity Ring Down spectroscopy of O3. Part 1: Experiment and analysis of the 6200-6400 cm spectral region

The absorption spectrum of the ¹⁸O₃ isotopologue of ozone has been recorded in the 6200-6400 cm⁻¹ region by high sensitivity CW-Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy. The spectrum is dominated by the 2ν₁ + 5ν₃ and 2ν₁ + 3ν₂ + 3ν₃ bands at 6270.6 and 6392.2 cm⁻¹, respectively which were treated independently. The rovibrational analysis of the 2ν₁ + 5ν₃ band has evidenced that the (2 0 5) upper state is perturbed by Coriolis resonance interactions with the (0 1 6), (3 0 4) and (3 5 0) states. A total of 659, 89, 131 and 5 transitions were assigned to the 2ν₁ + 5ν₃, ν₂ + 6ν₃, 3ν₁ + 4ν₃ and 3ν₁ + 5ν₂ bands, respectively. In the case of the 2ν₁ + 3ν₂ + 3ν₃ band, 344 transitions were assigned. Some of them were found perturbed by a Coriolis interaction of the (2 3 3) state with the (5 2 0) state.Overall, 681 energy levels were derived from the analysis of the 2ν₁ + 5ν₃ and 2ν₁ + 3ν₂ + 3ν₃ band systems. In both cases, a suitable effective Hamiltonian was elaborated, allowing accounting satisfactorily for the retrieved rovibrational energy levels. In addition, dipole transition moment parameters were determined by a least-squares fit to the measured line intensities. The effective Hamiltonian and transition moment operator parameters were used to generate a list of 1619 transitions given as Supplementary material.     

The Fundamental Bands in the Infrared Spectrum of Stibine (SbH3)

The infrared spectrum of stibine, SbH₃, has been recorded in the regions between 720 and 1000 cm^-1 and between 1750 and 2020 cm^-1 at a resolution of about 0.004 cm_-1. Rovibrational transitions belonging to the ν₂, ν₄ bending and ν₁, ν₃ stretching fundamental bands have been measured and assigned for both ¹²¹Sb and ¹²³Sb isotopomers. Strong perturbations due to rovibrational interactions have been observed both in the bending and in the stretching bands. Splittings of the K″=3, 6, and 9 lines have been observed and perturbation-allowed transitions with selection rules Δ (k−?)=±3, ± ±6, and ±9 have been also identified. Simultaneous analyses of transitions belonging to the ν₂/ν₄ or ν₁/ν₃ dyads have been performed. The central frequencies of the hyperfine structures of the rotational transitions in the v₂=1 and v₄=1 states, recorded in the microwave region by Fourier transform spectroscopy [H. Harder, C. Gerke, and L. Fusina, J. Chem. Phys.114, 3508-3523 (2001)], have been included in the data set. The theoretical model adopted explicitly takes into account the Coriolis interactions between the v₁=1 (A₁) and v₃=1 (E) and between the v₂=1 (A₁) and v₄=1 (E) states, including also several essential resonances within them.     

High resolution infrared study of SbHD2: The ground state and the Sb-H stretching bands ν1 and 2ν1

High resolution infrared spectra of ¹²¹SbHD₂ and ¹²³SbHD₂ have been studied in the region of ν₁, the Sb-H stretching fundamental, from 1780 to 1990 cm⁻¹. The 2ν₁ stretching overtone band of ¹²³SbHD₂, located in the 3640-3790 cm⁻¹ range, has also been investigated. The SbHD₂ molecule is an asymmetric rotor of C_s symmetry with the asymmetry parameter κ = 0.61. The ν₁ band is of hybrid type, formed by strong C-type and weak B-type transitions, and almost unperturbed. For ¹²³SbHD₂, 2092 transitions have been assigned: 70% of these belong to the C component, the other 30% are of B-type. The assigned transitions have been fitted using a Watson type S-reduced Hamiltonian in the III^l representation, with a standard deviation of the fit σ = 0.45 × 10⁻³ cm⁻¹. In order to determine the ground state parameters all possible ground state combination differences (GSCD) have been generated from the ν₁ transitions. In total, 3942 GSCD up to J^″ = 27,  = 25, and  = 20 have been fitted with σ = 0.52 × 10⁻³ cm⁻¹. Only C-type transitions have been observed in the weak 2ν₁ overtone band. The 556 assigned transitions have been fitted with σ = 2.6 × 10⁻³ cm⁻¹ using the same Hamiltonian as for ν₁. In the ν₁ band of ¹²¹SbHD₂ 771 C-type transitions have been assigned, and the v₁=1 spectroscopic constants obtained from a fit with σ = 0.70 × 10⁻³ cm⁻¹. Using 618 GSCD the ground state spectroscopic constants of ¹²¹SbHD₂ have been derived with σ = 1.0 × 10⁻³ cm⁻¹. The molecular parameters for the ground and the v₁=1 states of the two isotopologues agree well. The quartic theoretical ab initio force field of SbH₃ has been used to predict all relevant spectroscopic parameters for ¹²³SbHD₂, ¹²¹SbHD₂, ¹²³SbH₂D, and ¹²¹SbH₂D. Relations between the harmonic frequencies and between the anharmonicity constants obtained in the expanded local mode theory, for the XH₃ → XH₂D/XHD₂ isotopic substitution, have been compared with those obtained in the present study.     

Global fit of the high-resolution infrared spectrum of D2S

High-resolution Fourier-transform spectra of the D₂S molecule in the regions of polyads of interacting vibrational states v = 3/2, 2, 5/2, 3 and 7/2 (v = v₁ + v₂/2 + v₃) were recorded for the first time with a Bruker IFS 120 Fourier-transform interferometer and analysed. A global fit of all currently available rotation-vibration energies has been made for 22 vibrational states of the D₂S molecule. The resulting set of 231 parameters reproduces all the initial experimental data (about 3670 vibration-rotation energies which correspond to more than 9700 ro-vibrational transitions with J^max = 25) with accuracies close to the experimental uncertainties.     

High-resolution infrared spectra of OOO ozone isotopomer in the range 900-5000 cm: line positions

Continuing the systematic study of ozone high-resolution infrared spectra, we present in this paper the measurements and analyses of line positions for the ¹⁸O¹⁶O¹⁸O isotopomer. In the range 900-5000 cm⁻¹, corresponding to the observed spectra, 15 bands are analysed: ν₁, ν₃, ν₂+ν₃, ν₁+ν₂, 2ν₃, ν₁+ν₃, 2ν₁, ν₂+2ν₃, ν₁+ν₂+ν₃, 3ν₃, 2ν₁+ν₃, ν₂+3ν₃, ν₁+3ν₃, ν₁+ν₂+3ν₃, and 5ν₃. As in the case of ¹⁶O₃, ¹⁸O₃, and ¹⁶O¹⁸O¹⁶O, the analysis of these bands is performed using effective rovibrational Hamiltonians for nine polyads of interacting upper vibrational states. To correctly reproduce all observed transitions, we have to account for resonance perturbations due to 13 “Dark” states: (0 3 0), (0 4 0), (2 1 0), (0 3 1), (1 0 2), (0 4 1), (1 1 2), (3 1 0), (0 3 2), (0 0 4), (3 2 0), (0 1 4), and (0 4 2). We present the range of observed transitions, the results for spectroscopic parameters (vibrational energy levels, rotational and centrifugal distortion constants, and resonance coupling parameters), as well as the statistics for rovibrational energy levels, calculations and measurements. A comparison of observed band centres with those predicted from an isotopically invariant potential function is discussed. The RMS deviation between predicted and directly observed band centres is ≈0.03 cm⁻¹ up to 3000 and ≈0.25 cm⁻¹ for all 16 bands up to 5000 cm⁻¹.     

Sub-millimeter wave spectroscopy of the C3H radical: Ro-vibrational transitions from ground to the lowest bending state

Linear C₃H in its (X²Π) electronic ground state possesses strong Renner-Teller coupling in the two lowest bending modes, ν₄ and ν₅. The ²Σ^μ level of the v₄ = 1 bending mode is shifted towards lower energies and is supposed to lie only 20.3 cm⁻¹ above the ground state [S. Yamamoto, S. Saito, H. Suzuki, S. Deguchi, N. Kaifu, S. Ishikawa, M. Ohishi, Astrophys. J. 348 (1990) 363]. In the present study, first measurements of ro-vibrational transitions from the ²Π_3/2 ground state to the ²Σ^μ lowest vibrational state were performed using a Terahertz spectrometer equipped with a supersonic jet nozzle. Rotational levels of the ²Π_3/2 and v₄ = 1(²Σ^μ) state are close in energy and a crossing of the rotational energy ladders occurs between J = 24.5 and 25.5. A strong vibronic coupling leads to a significant intensity enhancement of ²Π_3/2 − ²Σ^μ ro-vibrational transitions. The search for ro-vibrational transitions was facilitated by measurements on pure rotational transitions in the ²Π_1/2, ²Π_3/2 and v₄ = 1(²Σ^μ) states, substantially extending the former data set published by Yamamoto et al. Data analysis yields an accurate value for the v₄ = 1(²Σ^μ) energy level which has been found to lie 609.9771(42) GHz or 20.34664(14) cm⁻¹ above the ²Π ground state. Furthermore, the value of the vibronic coupling constant β has been improved significantly and determined as 1231.77(51) MHz. The new set of spectroscopic parameters obtained in the present study permits very reliable frequency predictions into the Terahertz region.     

External cavity tunable diode laser spectra of the ν1 + 2ν4 stretch-bend combination bands of NH3 and NH3

The ammonia ν₁ + 2ν₄ perpendicular stretch-bend combination band has been investigated in spectra of ¹⁴NH₃ and ¹⁵NH₃ recorded in the 6400-6800 cm⁻¹ region with an external cavity tunable diode laser (ECTDL) spectrometer. For ¹⁴NH₃, new assignments were determined initially by extrapolating from published low-J jet-cooled beam results up to transitions of higher J and K. Corresponding ν₁ + 2ν₄ transitions for the ¹⁵NH₃ species were then found by identifying similar patterns of lines with a characteristic downshift of approximately 9.7 cm⁻¹. Assignments were confirmed employing ground-state combination differences. Term values, a-s inversion splittings, l-doubling energies and parameter estimates from simple single-state fits are reported for the two ammonia species.     

Detection and analysis of new bands of O3 by CRDS between 6500 and 7300 cm

The absorption spectrum of the ¹⁶O₃ isotopologue of ozone has been recorded in the 7000-7920 cm⁻¹ region by high sensitivity CW-Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy. This report is devoted to the analyses of the 7065-7300 cm⁻¹ region dominated by the ν₁ + 2ν₂ + 5ν₃ and ν₁ + 5ν₂ + 3ν₃ A-type bands at 7130.8 and 7286.8 cm⁻¹ respectively. 289 transitions were assigned to the ν₁ + 2ν₂ + 5ν₃ band. The corresponding line positions were modeled with an effective Hamiltonian involving Coriolis resonance interactions between the (1 2 5) upper state and the (4 4 0), (0 2 6) and (6 1 0) dark states, and an anharmonic resonance interaction with the (2 0 5) state. The very strong interaction (up to 50% mixing of the wavefunctions) between the (1 2 5) and (6 1 0) states leads to the observation of two extra lines of the 6ν₁ + ν₂ band due to a resonance intensity transfer. 213 transitions of the ν₁ + 5ν₂ + 3ν₃ band were assigned and modeled taking into account a Coriolis resonance interaction with the (3 6 0) state.We take the opportunity of the present work to report the analysis of the very weak 4ν₂ + 4ν₃ B-type band at 6506.1 cm⁻¹ which was assigned from previously recorded CRDS spectra. 286 transitions were modeled using the effective Hamiltonian approach.The dipole transition moment parameters of the three analyzed bands were determined by a least-squares fit to the measured line intensities. For the three studied band systems, the effective Hamiltonian and transition moment operator parameters were used to generate line lists provided as Supplementary Materials.