Rotational analysis of the B2Σ+ – A2Πi system of the 12C16O+ molecule

Abstract

The three bands (0–0, 1–0, 0–1) of the B2Σ+ – A2Πi system of the 12C16O+ molecule have been photographed at high resolution. In total, 824 lines were measured, from which 608 were fitted by a nonlinear least squares method to determine 33 molecular constants. The band-by-band results were merged to obtain 23 molecular constants for the B2Σ+, ν = 0 and 1, and A2Πi, ν = 0 and 1, states. The Λ-doubling constants and spin-orbit constants in the A2Πi, ν = 1 state and spin-rotation constants in the B2Σ+, ν = 0 and 1 states were obtained for the first time, and other constants were defined more precisely.