Abstract
The spectrum of the CN radical has been investigated in the Schumann region using a three-meter vacuum spectrograph in the fourth order. A hollow cathode discharge through streaming helium, to which a trace of cyanogen was added, was used as source. Three new systems of bands were found in the region 1650–2100 Å. These involve two hitherto unknown states: a 2Σ state designated by E, which gives rise to the transitions E2Σ → X2Σ and E2Σ → A2Π, and an inverted 2Δ state designated by J, which gives rise to the transition J2Δ → A2Π. Rotational analyses of the bands have been made and the molecular constants evaluated. The new data, although not decisive, support the higher value (8.2 ev.) for the dissociation energy of CN.
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