THE NEAR INFRARED $Y^{2}\Sigma^{+} - X^{2}\pi$ TRANSITION OF COPPER SULFIDE
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1999
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Ohio State University
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The near infrared electronic transition of CuS has been observed for the first time. The spectrum of the $Y^{2}\Sigma^{+} - X^{2}\Pi$ transition, labeled by analogy with the CuO near infrared electronic transition, was recorded with the Fourier transform spectrometer associated with the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope, Kitt Peak, AZ. The CuS molecules were produced in a King-type carbon tube furnace operating at 1900 C and at a total pressure of approximately 400 torr. The electronic transition energy and vibrational constants for the $Y^{2}\Sigma^{+}$ will be presented.
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Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, Southern Illinois University; National Solar Observatory, 950 N. Cherry Ave., Tuscon; Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley