Analysis of the ν8+ ν9Band of HNO3, Line Positions and Intensities, and Resonances Involving thev6=v7= 1 Dark State

Abstract

Using a high-resolution (R= 0.0025 cm−1) Fourier transform spectrum of nitric acid recorded at room temperature in the 1100–1240 cm−1region, it has been possible to perform a more extended analysis of the ν8+ ν9band of HNO3centered at 1205.7075 cm−1. As in a recent analysis of this band [W. F. Wang, P. P. Ong, T. L. Tan, E. C. Looi, and H. H. Teo,J. Mol. Spectrosc.183, 407–413 (1997)], the Hamiltonian used for the line positions calculation takes into account, for the upper state, the ΔK= ±2 anharmonic resonance linking the rotational levels of thev8=v9= 1 “bright” vibrational state and those of the “dark”v6=v7= 1 vibrational state. More than 4800 lines were assigned in the ν8+ ν9band, which involve significantly higher rotational quantum numbers than in previous works. On the other hand, and surprisingly as compared to previous studies, the ν8+ ν9band appears to be a hybrid band. In fact, nonnegligibleB-type transitions could be clearly identified among the much strongerA-type lines. Accordingly, a set of individual line intensities were measured for lines of both types and were introduced in a least-squares fit to get theA- andB-type components of the transition moment operator. Finally, a synthetic spectrum of the 8.3-μm region of HNO3has been generated, using for the line positions and line intensities the Hamiltonian constants and the expansion of the transition moment operator which were determined in this work. In this way, theB-type and theA-type components of the ν8+ ν9band appear to contribute for about 14 and 34, respectively, to the total band intensity.