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J.c. Hilico
The Hot Bands of Methane between 5 and 10 μm
Experimental line intensities of 1727 transitions arising from nine hot bands in the pentad-dyad system of methane are fitted to first and second order using the effective dipole moment expansion in the polyad scheme. The observed bands are nu3 - nu2, nu3 - nu4, nu1 - nu2, nu1 - nu4, 2nu4 - nu4, nu2 + nu4 - nu2, nu2 + nu4 - nu4, 2nu2 - nu2, and 2nu2 - nu4, and the intensities are obtained from long-path spectra recorded with the Fourier transform spectrometer located at Kitt Peak National Observatory. For the second order model, some of the 27 intensity parameters are not linearly independent, and so two methods (extrapolation and effective parameters) are proposed to model the intensities …
Microwave Fourier Transform Spectroscopy of Rovibrational Transitions in the ν 2 /ν 4 Dyads of Methane- 12 C and - 13 C
The ν2/ν4 dyad-dyad spectra of 12CH4 and 13CH4 molecules in the (8÷20) GHz region have been predicted including line strengths. All transitions with γmax > 810-12 cm-1 have been observed directly using a MWFT spectrometer: six F-type transitions for 12CH4 and nine for 13CH4.
Measurement of rotational relaxation in the ground state of methane perturbed by argon at low temperature
International audience; Relaxation processes at low temperature in methane perturbed by argon have been investigated on the basis of new measurements. Diode laser absorption spectra of methane in the region of the dyad nu2/nu4 in supersonic expansions have been recorded. The time of relaxation of the ground state mean rotational energy was derived from the observed dependences of the rotational temperature on the concentration in the jet. A semi-classical model was used to calculate the state-to-state relaxation rate constants at room temperature. The evaluation of the time of relaxation of the mean rotational energy using semi-empirical temperature dependence laws is presented and discusse…
SPECTROSCOPY AND NON-EQUILIBRIUM DISTRIBUTION OF VIBRATIONALLY EXCITED METHANE IN A SUPERSONIC JET
Abstract High-resolution spectra of supersonic jets of vibrationally excited methane have been recorded by diode laser in the 8 μm region. A formalism for the description of energy distribution is proposed. It allows to estimate populations of vibrational polyads. Under these non-equilibrium conditions, translational temperature is also measured from line profiles. For relaxation, it is shown that vibrational relaxation between polyads is negligible whereas strong redistribution of population arises inside each polyad. Spectroscopically, observed lines involving the first four excited polyads allows cross-checked tests for energy level analysis.
First Assignment and Line Strengths of the 4ν4 Band of 12CH4 near 1.9 μm
Abstract The investigation of the methane spectrum in the region 1.6–2 μm has provided the first assignment and analysis of the 4ν 4 band near 1.9 μm. Hamiltonian and dipole moment operators written in tetrahedral formalism and adapted to the extrapolation method have been used to fit the spectra recorded at the Kitt Peak National Observatory/National Solar Observatory. Nearly 190 line positions and 160 measured intensities have been modeled with standard deviations of 0.107 cm −1 and 18.5%, respectively.
The 1997 spectroscopic GEISA databank
International audience; The current version GEISA-97 of the computer-accessible database system GEISA (Gestion et Etude des Informations Spectroscopiques Atmosphériques: Management and Study of Atmospheric Spectroscopic Information) is described. This catalogue contains 1,346,266 entries. These are spectroscopic parameters required to describe adequately the individual spectral lines belonging to 42 molecules (96 isotopic species) and located between 0 and 22,656 cm-1. The featured molecules are of interest in studies of the terrestrial as well as the other planetary atmospheres, especially those of the Giant Planets. GEISA-97 contains also a catalog of absorption cross-sections of molecule…
Line strengths of the ν2 + ν3 and ν3 − ν2 bands of methane (12CH4)
Abstract The individual linestrengths of two related bands of 12 CH 4 , ν 2 + ν 3 near 4545 cm −1 and ν 3 − ν 2 near 1484 cm −1 , were measured with accuracies of 3% and 5%, respectively. In the analysis, an eight-term expansion of the dipole moment through second order was required to fit the strengths of transitions up to J ′ = 10 in ν 2 + ν 3 and J ′ = 12 in ν 3 − ν 2 and to explain the considerable perturbations observed. Application of this model reduced the rms deviations from 68% (zero-order) to 6.3% with the 248 selected lines of ν 2 + ν 2 and from 37% to 5.8% with 186 lines of ν 3 − ν 2 . The integrated bandstrengths for the two bands, respectively, are 1.84(5) and 0.0085(4) cm −2 …
Methane line parameters in HITRAN
Abstract Two editions of the methane line parameters (line positions, intensities and broadening coefficients) available from HITRAN in 2000 and 2001 are described. In both versions, the spectral interval covered was the same (from 0.01 to 6184.5 cm −1 ), but the database increased from 48,033 transitions in 2000 to 211,465 lines in 2001 because weaker transitions of 12 CH 4 and new bands of 13 CH 4 and CH3D were included. The newer list became available in 2001 in the “Update” section of HITRAN. The sources of information are described, and the prospects for future improvements are discussed.
Linestrengths of the ν2 and ν4 bands of 12CH4 and 13CH4
Absorption spectra recorded on the high-resolution Fourier transform spectrometer at Kitt Peak National Observatory/National Solar Observatory were used to measure individual line strengths of the nu(2) and nu(4) bands of (C-12)H4 and (C-13)H4. The measurements were used to obtain expressions that could be used to correctly predict individual line strengths through five orders of magnitude of absorption strength and high values of J-prime. Transition strengths were modeled using the dyad formalism of two interacting bands and a seven-term second-order dipole-moment expansion. The successful fitting of these data indicates that the method can be used to model measurements of 2- to 5-percent …