The Rotational Spectra, Isotopically Independent Parameters, and Interatomic Potentials for the X(1)(2)Pi(3/2) and X(2)(2)Pi(1/2) States of BrO.

Observations of the rotational spectrum of BrO have been extended to include vibrational levels up to v = 8 in the X(1)(2)Pi(3/2) and v = 7 in the X(2)(2)Pi(1/2) states. The rotational spectra of isotopically enriched Br(18)O, X(1), v = 0, 1 and X(2), v = 0 have been observed as well. The spectra of all four isotopic species have been fit to a Hamiltonian in which the parameters have fixed isotopic ratios. An extensive set of isotopically independent parameters has been determined. Interatomic potentials have been derived for both the X(1) and X(2) states. The hyperfine constants and their vibrational dependencies have been determined more precisely and several of them have been determined for the first time. These are interpreted in terms of the electronic structure of the molecule. The isotope relations among the constants have provided a means of decorrelating the electron spin-rotation constant gamma from the fine-structure centrifugal distortion constant, A(D), and have allowed the first determination of an effective value for gamma. Copyright 2001 Academic Press.

The Rotational Spectrum of SO(2) and the Determination of the Hyperfine Constants and Nuclear Magnetic Shielding Tensors of (33)SO(2) and SO(17)O.

Precise frequencies for the 1(11)-2(02) transition of (33)SO(2) and SO(17)O in natural isotopic abundance have been obtained near 12 GHz by microwave Fourier transform spectroscopy in order to yield improved hyperfine constants. Nuclear spin-rotation coupling constants have been determined experimentally for (33)SO(2) for the first time. The spin-rotation constants have been used to derive nuclear magnetic shielding parameters. These parameters are compared with values for the isoelectronic O(3) molecule. The transition mentioned above was also measured for (32)SO(2), (34)SO(2), SO(18)O, and vibrationally excited (v(2) = 1) (32)SO(2). For (33)SO(2), some transitions with large hyperfine splitting were also recorded in the millimeter-wave region. Continuing our investigations of the rotational spectra of SO(2) in the submillimeter region, several transitions of SO(17)O have been recorded with the Cologne terahertz spectrometer between 540 and 840 GHz with J and K(a) up to 63 and 16, respectively. Transitions with high K(a), up to 28, have been recorded with the JPL laser sideband spectrometer between 1.8 and 3.2 THz. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.