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The millimeter-wave spectrum of FeO in its X5Δi state (v = 0): a study of all five spin components

✍ Scribed by M.D. Allen; L.M. Ziurys; J.M. Brown


Book ID
103036876
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1996
Tongue
English
Weight
470 KB
Volume
257
Category
Article
ISSN
0009-2614

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✦ Synopsis


New millimeter/sub-millimeter pure rotational spectroscopy has been carried out for the FeO radical (XSAi). The molecule was produced by the reaction of N20 with iron vapor, generated using a Broida-type oven. In addition to verifying previous measurements on FeO in the lower spin-orbit components, transitions originating in the I~ = 0 and 1 ladders have been recorded, for which lambda-type doubling was resolved. Spectra of the 54FeO isotopomer were also measured. The data set was analyzed successfully with a 5A Hamiltonian, demonstrating that highly perturbed, complicated electronic ground states can be modeled with effective rotational parameters.