title: Infrared Diode-Laser Molecular-Beam Spectrum of the nu2 Band of Chlorine Nitrate at 1293 cm-1
abstract: The nu2 band of chlorine nitrate (ClONO2 ) near 1293 cm-1 has been measured in a molecular beam with a diode-laser spectrometer. The low rotational temperature of the molecular beam, approximately 23 K, simplifies the spectrum allowing essentially complete assignment of the 35 Cl and 37 Cl lines. An a /b hybrid band is observed with the a -type transition moment being approximately a factor of 2 larger than the b -type transition moment. An inverted shift of the band origins is found with the 37 Cl band origin blue shifted from the 35 Cl by +0.37 cm-1 . This isotopic shift is attributed to an unidentified anharmonic resonance. Precise spectroscopic constants for the bands of each isotopic species are determined to allow future simulations for modeling atmospheric transmission and for remote sensing applications.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, Serrano 119, Madrid, 28006, Spain
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Domenech
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Flaud
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Fraser
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Andrews
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Lafferty
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Watson