HIGH-RESOLUTION FOURIER-TRANSFORM INFRARED-EMISSION SPECTRA OF BARIUM MONOFLUORIDE

B GUO, K Q ZHANG, P F BERNATH

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Abstract

The high-resolution infrared emission spectra of gas-phase barium monofluoride have been observed by Fourier transform spectrometry. Vibration-rotation bands were analyzed for the three most abundant isotopomers ((BaF)-Ba-138, from 1-0 to 12-11; (BaF)-Ba-137, from 1-0 to 5-4; (BaF)-Ba-136, from 1-0 to 4-3) of the ground X(2) Sigma(+) state. The Dunham coefficients, Y-lm, have been derived for all three isotopomers by fitting about 1750 lines for (BaF)-Ba-138, about 270 lines for (BaF)-Ba-137, and about 70 lines for (BaF)-Ba-136 to the traditional Dunham model. In addition, the mass-reduced Dunham constants, U-lm have been calculated from a global least-squares fit. (C) 1995 Academic Press, Inc.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)59-74
Number of pages16
JournalJOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
Volume170
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - Mar 1995

Keywords

  • ISOTOPE DEPENDENCE
  • ELECTRONIC STATES
  • BAF
  • SPECTROSCOPY
  • CONSTANTS

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