Submillimeter-wave spectroscopy of TiCl in the ground electronic state

A Maeda, T Hirao, P F Bernath, T Amano

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Abstract

The submillimeter-wave rotational transitions of TiCl in the ground state were observed using a double-modulation technique. TiCl was generated in a DC-discharge of a mixture of TiCl4 vapor (less than 1 mTorr) and Ar buffer gas (80 mTorr) at a cur-rent of 200 mA. The (4)Phi(3/2), (4)Phi(5/2), (4)Phi(7/2), and (4)Phi(9/2) spin components of (TiCl)-Cl-35 (upsilon = 0, 1, 2) and (TiCl)-Cl-37 (upsilon = 0) were detected. The data were analyzed using effective rotational constants for each spin component as well as with the usual N-2 reduced Hamiltonian. Recent Fourier transform and laser data were included in our fits and we confirm that the ground state of TiCl is a (4)Phi, electronic state. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)250-258
Number of pages9
JournalJOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
Volume210
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2001

Keywords

  • TRANSFORM EMISSION-SPECTROSCOPY
  • PARAMETERS
  • MOLECULES
  • SYSTEMS
  • REGION
  • ZRCL
  • TIF

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