HIGH-RESOLUTION FOURIER-TRANSFORM EMISSION-SPECTROSCOPY OF THE A(4)PI-CHI(4)SIGMA(-) SYSTEM OF WN

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Abstract

The electronic emission spectrum of WN has been observed in the 500-580-nm spectral region with a Fourier-transform spectrometer. The bands were excited in a tungsten hollow-cathode lamp in the presence of a trace of molecular nitrogen. The observed bands have been assigned to the A(4)II-X(4) Sigma(-) transition. The ground state is a regular 4 Sigma(-) state belonging to Hund's coupling case (a'). The principal ground-state constants obtained from the fit of the observe lines are B-0=0.4663779(62), D-0=3.5847(77) x 10(-7), gamma(0)=0.051862(21) cm(-1). The excited state, on the other hand, shows Hund's case (c) tendencies with the spin components mixed because of interactions with other neighboring states. There have been no previous observations of the WN molecule to our knowledge.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)225-230
Number of pages6
JournalJOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS
Volume11
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - Jan 1994

Keywords

  • MOLYBDENUM NITRIDE MON
  • ROTATIONAL ANALYSIS
  • ELECTRONIC STATES
  • MOLECULES
  • CHEMISORPTION
  • TRANSITION
  • SPECTRUM
  • MATRICES
  • VO

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