New spectroscopic studies of the Comet-Tail (A2IIi-X2Σ+) system of the CO+ molecule

In the electronic emission spectrum of the (CO+)-C-12-O-16 molecule, 11 bands of the Comet-Tail (A(2)Pi(i)-X(2)Sigma(+)) system have been recorded and analyzed. Spin splitting in most of the observed lines of the 0-2, 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-0, 4-0, 4-2, 6-0, 7-0, 7-1, and 8-1 bands, comprising nearly 3400 lines, has been recorded under high resolution by conventional spectroscopy. The rotational analysis of bands has been performed by nonlinear least-squares procedures and by means of effective Hamiltonians of Brown et al. and the rovibronic structure parameters have been obtained. The data of bands of the A-X system and earlier analyzed bands of the B-X and B-A systems have been merged together. As a result of this global fit, the state of information about the energy structure has been significantly enlarged for the A state and enlarged and improved for the X state. Also RKR potential curves for both states and Franck-Condon factors as well as r-centroids of the Comet-Tail system of CO+ have been calculated. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.