Overtone bands of 14N16O and determination of molecular constants

The wavenumbers of the rotation-vibration lines of ¹⁴N¹⁶O are reported for the (2-0) and (3-0) bands. The full set of spectroscopic constants for the three bands (1-0), (2-0), and (3-0) has been determined with the method developed by Albritton, Schmeltekopf, and Zare for merging the results of separate least-squares fits. The vibrational constants ω_e, ω_ex_e, ω_ey_e, and the vibrational dependence of the rotational constants have been deduced. The apparent spin-orbit constant $\text{A}\text{?}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>v</mtext>}}$ and its centrifugal correction $\text{A}\text{?}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>D</mtext>}}$ (including the spin-rotation constant) have a vibrational dependence of the following form: $\text{A}\text{?}{}_{\mathrm{v}}\text{=}\text{A}\text{?}{}_{\mathrm{e}}\text{? α}{}_{\mathrm{A}}\text{(v +}\text{1}\text{2}\text{) + γ}{}_{\mathrm{A}}\text{(v +}\text{1}\text{2}\text{)}{}^2$ and $\text{A}\text{?}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>D</mtext><mtext>v</mtext>}}\text{=}\text{A}\text{?}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>D</mtext><mtext>e</mtext>}}\text{? β}{}_{\mathrm{A}}\text{(v +}\text{1}\text{2}\text{) + δ}{}_{\mathrm{A}}\text{(v +}\text{built+1}\text{2}\text{)}{}^2$; the values of the constants in these two equations have been determined.