Spectroscopic properties of Ar-HCO+ have been studied by exciting the
C-O stretch of the HCO+ chromophore. The ionic complex is generated in
a slit jet expansion with subsequent electron impact ionization. The
spectra are obtained by direct absorption spectroscopy using a tuneabl
e diode laser and production modulation. The nu(3) band of the Ar-HCO is rotationally resolved and has a form consistent with a linear prot
on-bound complex. The band origin is at 2135.7073(4) cm(-1) which is 4
8.24 cm(-1) red-shifted compared to the value in free HCO+. (C) 1998 E
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