The 3A Band System in the Spectrum of the (13)C(16)O Molecule

In the emission spectrum of the carbon monoxide (13)C(16)O isotopic molecule three bands comprising about 1820 lines of the 3A band system (c(3)Pi-a(3)Pi) were recorded and analyzed. The 0-0 and 0-1 bands of this system were photographed for the first time and the 0-2 band was rephotographed by using methods of conventional high-resolution spectroscopy. The result of the rotational band analysis includes expanding of the spectrum interpretation up to J = 25 as well as the identification of four previously unobserved branches P(13), R(13), P(31), and R(31). Because of strong perturbations in the c(3)Pi (v = 0) state, the calculation of the rovibronic structure constants was performed only for the lower a(3)Pi state. By using a calculation based on a nonlinear least-squares method, an effective Hamiltonian of Brown [J. M. Brown, E. A. Colbourn, J. K. G. Watson, and F. D. Wayne, J. Mol. Spectrosc. 74, 294-318 (1979)] and a separative procedure proposed by Curl-Dane-Watson [R. F. Curl and C. B. Dane, J. Mol. Spectrosc. 128, 406-412 (1988); J. K. G. Watson, J. Mol. Spectrosc. 138, 302-308 (1989)], it was possible to derive the rotational structure constants for the v = 0, 1, and 2 levels for the a(3)Pi state in the (13)C(16)O isotopic molecule. Term values for the c(3)Pi (v = 0) level and the equilibrium molecular constants for the a(3)Pi state also are reported. Copyright 1999 Academic Press.