ISSN:
1089-7690
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Rotational and ro-vibrational spectra of the paraN2 species of the CO–N2 complex were measured with a pulsed molecular beam Fourier transform microwave spectrometer in the frequency region from 4 to 26 GHz. a-type rotational transitions within the relatively unperturbed upper K=1 levels of CO-paraN2, previously studied in the infrared region by Xu and McKellar [J. Chem. Phys. 104, 2488 (1996)], were observed and analyzed. Two new states, namely the K=0 levels of the first excited van der Waals vibrational N2 bending state and the lower K=1 levels of the ground vibrational state of CO-paraN2, were investigated. Both a-type rotational transitions within these two stacks and b-type ro-vibrational transitions connecting these two stacks were detected. A strong Coriolis interaction between these two new states was studied in detail. Nuclear quadrupole hyperfine splittings due to the presence of two equivalent 14N nuclei were resolved and analyzed to give additional information about the angular anisotropy of the interaction potential energy surface. In addition, rotational and ro-vibrational spectra of the paraN2 species of two minor isotopomers, i.e., 13C16O–N2 and 13C18O–N2, were measured. Strong Coriolis interaction was also observed and studied for the 13C16O-paraN2 isotopomer. In the spectra of 13C16O-paraN2, additional splittings due to 13C spin–rotation interaction were detected, besides the 14N nuclear quadrupole hyperfine structure. These data provide further important information about the intermolecular interaction between CO and N2.© 2000 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.481911
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