High resolution analysis of the rotational levels of the (000), (010), (100), (001), (020), (110) and (011) vibrational states of 34S16O2

A high resolution (0.0018 cm - (1)) Fourier transform instrument has been used to record the spectrum of an enriched S-34 (95.3%) sample of sulfur dioxide. A thorough analysis of the nu(2), 2 nu(2) - nu(2), nu(1), nu(1) + nu 2 - nu(2), nu(3), nu 2+ nu(3) - nu(2), nu(1) + nu 2and nu 2+ nu(3) bands has been carried out leading to a large set of assigned lines. From these lines ground state combination differences were obtained and fit together with the existing microwave, millimeter, and terahertz rotational lines. An improved set of ground state rotational constants were obtained. Next, the upper state rotational levels were fit. For the (010), (110) and (011) states, a simple Watson - type Hamiltonian sufficed. However, it was necessary to include explicitly interacting terms in the Hamiltonian matrix in order to fit the rotational levels of the (020), (100) and (101) states to within their experimental accuracy. More explicitly, it was necessary to use a Delta K = 2 term to model the Fermi interaction between the (020) and (100) levels and a Delta K = 3 term to model the Coriolis interaction between the (100) and (001) levels. Precise Hamiltonian constants were derived for the (000), (010), (100), (001), (020), (110) and (011) vibrational states. Published by Elsevier Inc.