SUB-DOPPLER SPECTROSCOPY OF $trans$-HOCO RADICAL IN THE OH STRETCHING MODE
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2013
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Ohio State University
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Rovibrational spectroscopy of the fundamental OH stretching mode of $trans$-HOCO radical has been studied via sub-Doppler high resolution infrared laser absorption in a discharge slit-jet expansion. The $trans$-HOCO radical is formed by discharge dissociation of H$_2$O to form OH, which then combines with CO and cools in the Ne expansion to a rotational temperature of 16 K. Rigorous assignment of both $a$-type and $b$-type spectral transitions is made possible by 2-line combination differences from microwave studies, with full rovibrational analysis of the spectrum based on a Watson asymmetric top Hamiltonian. Additionally, fine structure splittings of each line due to electron spin are completely resolved and thus permitting all three $\epsilon$$_a$$_a$, $\epsilon$$_b$$_b$, $\epsilon$$_c$$_c$ spin rotation constants to be experimentally determined. Furthermore, the ratio of transition dipole moment along the molecule A and B axis is determined to be $\mu$$_a$/$\mu$$_b$ = 1.72(5), in agreement with quantum theoretical calculations(1.85).
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Author Institution: JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology; University of Colorado, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado 80309