Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title
The Journal of Chemical Physics
Publication Date
2-26-2015
Publisher
AIP Publishing
Volume
142
Issue
8
Abstract
Spectra of the helium-acetylene complex are elusive because this weakly bound system lies close to the free rotor limit. Previously, limited assignments of He–C2D2 transitions in the R(0) region of the ν3 fundamental band (≈2440 cm−1) were published. Here, new He–C2D2 infrared spectra of this band are obtained using a tunable optical parametric oscillator laser source to probe a pulsed supersonic slit jet expansion from a cooled nozzle, and the analysis is extended to the weaker and more difficult P(1) and R(1) regions. A term value approach is used to obtain a consistent set of “experimental” energy levels. These are compared directly with calculations using two recently reported ab initio intermolecular potential energy surfaces, which exhibit small but significant differences. Rovibrational energies for the He–C2H2 complex are also calculated using bothsurfaces. A Coriolis model, useful for predicting spectral intensities, is used to interpret the energy level patterns, and a comparison with the isoelectronic complex He–CO is made.
Recommended Citation
Moazzen-Ahmadi, N.; McKellar, A. R. W.; Fernandez, Berta; and Farrelly, David, "The Infrared Spectrum of the He-C2D2 Complex" (2015). Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications. Paper 630.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/chem_facpub/630
