Abstract

In previous work we have recorded and analyzed three bands of Ne-CN that were associated with the CN B-X 0-0 transition. These features were assigned to the electronic origin and two internal rotor levels.¹ More recently we have re-examined the Ne–CN B–X spectrum in the vicinity of the CN 0–0 transition, and we have recorded spectra for the bands associated with the CN 1–0 transition. Ten previously unobserved bands have been characterized. Features corresponding to multiple excitations of the internal rotor mode, and excitation of the –Ne stretch, are present. We are in the process of fitting a two-dimensional potential energy surface to this data.

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