The millimeter and submillimeter spectrum of CN in its first four vibrational states

Abstract

The rotational absorption frequencies of 65 new lines in the millimeter and submillimeter region of the spectrum have been measured for the CN radical in its ground electronic state. These measurements were made in a low pressure glow discharge of methane and nitrogen and include 25 lines from the v = 2 and v = 3 vibrational states, in addition to 40 lines from v = 0 and v = 1. The Dunham constants, as well as the spin-rotation and hyperfine constants of these four vibrational states, were calculated by means of a global nonlinear least squares fit of these data.