title: Quantum Number Dependence of Lineshift Coefficients Induced by Collisions with Noble Gas Perturbers in the nu(3) Band of NO(2).
abstract: To complete our study concerning lineshift in the rovibrational spectrum of (14)N(16)O(2), a pulse-driven three-channel lead salt diode laser spectrometer was applied to record high-resolution spectra at room temperature in the 6.2-µm region corresponding to the nu(3) band at low NO(2) concentrations. The shift was studied for collisions with the noble gases He, Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe. This paper extends our recently published data in order to analyze the quantum number dependence of the shift effect more precisely. Therefore, in this paper, additionally eight unresolved NO(2) doublets covering an enlarged quantum number range (10 </= N(") </= 34, 2 </= K(")(a) </= 6) were studied. For all doublets, shift coefficients delta(NO(2)-noble gas) and additionally broadening coefficients gamma(NO(2)-noble gas) were determined. Hereby, the experimental data confirm general trends published recently. In this study, in the case of broadening for the lighter rare gases helium, neon, and argon, only a slight decrease of gamma(NO(2)-noble gas) was observed, whereas for the rare gases with a higher atomic weight, i.e., krypton and xenon, a pronounced decrease of gamma(NO(2)-noble gas) with increasing rotational quantum number N(") occurred. All measured lineshift coefficients were negative. The absolute value of the determined lineshift coefficient ||delta(NO(2)-noble gas) || increases with the mass of the noble gas perturber, i.e., ||delta(NO(2)-He) || < ||delta(NO(2)-Ne) || < ||delta(NO(2)-Ar) || < ||delta(NO(2)-Kr) || < ||delta(NO(2)-Xe) ||. Within the studied quantum number range, an increase ||delta(NO(2)-noble gas) || with increase of N(") was observed. A typical trend of the shift and broadening data on the quantum number K(")(a) was not observed. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.
authors.affiliation: Optisches Institut der Technischen Universität Berlin, Sekretariat PN 0-1, Berlin, 10623, Germany
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sumpf
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bouazza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kissel
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kronfeldt