The first direct measurement of a high resolution infrared absorption
spectrum of an ionic complex, Ar-HN2+, is presented. The complex is ge
nerated in a continuous supersonic slit jet expansion with electron im
pact ionization. There have been observed 28 rotationally resolved tra
nsitions of the nu(1)+nu(s), combination band in the 2501-2510 cm(-1)
region using a tunable diode laser. The band origin is determined at n
u(0) = 2505.4998(4) cm(-1). (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics. [S
0021-9606(97)04044-0].