Abstract: | The 0-0, 1-1, 2-2, and 3-3 bands of the A2Π-X2Σ+ transition of the tritiated beryllium monohydride molecule have been observed at 5000 Å in emission using a beryllium hollow-cathode discharge in a He + T2 mixture. The rotational analysis of these bands yields the following principal molecular constants. From the pure electronic energy difference (EΠ - EΣ)BeT = 20 037.91 ± 1.5 cm?1 and the corresponding previously known values for BeH and BeD, the following electronic isotope shifts are derived and related to the theoretical approach given by Bunker to the problem of the breakdown of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation. |