We measured at 296 K the rotational line strengths and pressure-broadening coefficients for the 1.27-mum, a (1)D(g)-X (3)?(g)(-), v = 0-0 band of O(2) with a Fourier transform infrared spectrometer using an optical path length of 84 m, a spectral resolution of 0.01 cm(-1), and sample pressures between 13 and 104 kPa. The integrated band strength is 7.79(17) x 10(-6) m(-2) Pa(-1) [7.89(17) x 10(-5) cm(-2) atm(-1)], and the Einstein Acoefficient for spontaneous emission is 2.237(51) x 10(-4) s(-1), which corresponds to an upper-state1/e lifetime of 1.24(3) h. The pressure-broadening coefficients decrease with increasing N and range from 19 to 38 MHz/kPa (FWHM). The mean value for the transitions studied is 30.3(21) MHz/kPa [0.1024(71) cm(-1)/atm] (FWHM). The Einstein A coefficient determined here is in good agreement with the widely accepted value of 2.58 x 10(-4) s(-1) initially obtained by Badgeret al. [J. Chem. Phys. 43, 4345 (1965)] more than 30 years ago. The standard uncertainties given above are one standard deviation.
Accurate measurements of collision-induced absorption by pure nitrogen in the fundamental band near 4.3 μm have been made in the 0-10 atm and 230-300 K pressure and temperature ranges, respectively. A Fourier-transform spectrometer was used with a resolution of 0.5 cm(-1). The current measurements, which agree well with previous ones but are more precise, reveal that weak features are superimposed on the broad N(2) continuum. These features have negligible temperature dependence, and their origin is not clear at the present time. Available experimental data in the 190-300 K temperature range have been used to build a simple empirical model that is suitable for use to compute atmospheric N(2) absorption. Tests indicate that this model is accurate unlike the estimates produced by widely used atmospheric transmission codes.
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