TUNABLE FAR INFRARED LASER SPECTROSCOPY OF JET-COOLED CARBON CLUSTERS: THE $\nu_{2}$ BENDING VIBRATION OF $C_{3}$
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1990
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Ohio State University
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Seven rovibrational transitions of the $(01^{1}0)\leftarrow (00^{0}0)$ fundamental bending band of $C_{3}$ have been measured with high precision using a tunable far-infrared laser spectrometer. The $C_{3}$ molecules were produced by laser vaporization of a graphite rod and cooled in a supersonic expansion. This is the first determination of the astronomically important $\nu_{2}$ fundamental frequency near $63 cm^{-1}$. These measurements provide the basis for studies of $C_{3}$ in the interstellar medium with far-infrared astronomy
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Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, University of California, and Materials and Chemical Sciences Division
Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, University of California, and Materials and Chemical Sciences Division