aI. Physikalisches Institut, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 77, 50937 Cologne, Germany;bInstitute of Spectroscopy of Russian Academy of Sciences, 142190 Troitsk, Moscow Region, Fizicheskaya Str. 5, Russia
Abstract:
The pure rotational spectrum of the Ne–CO van der Waals complex has been measured in the frequency range of 208–230 GHz by using the Cologne supersonic jet spectrometer for terahertz applications (SuJeSTA). Eleven new transitions were assigned as belonging to two R- and two Q-branches of the K = 2–1 subband detected for the first time in the ground vibrational state of CO (νCO = 0). Improved molecular parameters of the Ne–CO complex were obtained which allowed for a sensitive test of the available intermolecular potential energy surfaces of the Ne–CO system.