THE 10-MU-M BANDS OF THE O-17(3) ISOTOPIC-SPECIES OF OZONE

Using high-resolution (R approximately 0.002 cm-1) Fourier transform s pectra of ozone containing about 20% of O-17(3) isotopic species, it h as been possible to observe and assign the {nu1, nu3} bands of O-17(3) up to very high rotational quantum numbers. For this analysis, we use d the ground state energy levels calculated from the (000) rotational constants obtained for O-17(3) in a recent microwave study performed b y J.-M. Colmont (submitted for publication). Then, from the {(100), (0 01)} rotational energy levels derived in the present work, a set of mo lecular parameters (vibrational band centers and rotational and coupli ng constants) for the {(100), (001)} interacting states of O-17(3) has been determined using a Hamiltonian matrix which explicitly takes int o account the (100) <-> (001) Coriolis interaction. Finally, using tra nsition moments derived theoretically from those of O-16(3), a synthet ic spectrum (line positions and intensities) of the nu1 and nu3 bands has been generated. (C) 1994 Academic Press, Inc.