A theoretical study of the rotational structure of the ϵ(0,0) band of NO

Abstract

ABSTRACT:This study has been focused on the (0,0) band of the nitric oxide molecule, associated with the absorption electronic transition D 2 ⌺ ϩ 4X 2 ⌸, in the energetic vacuum ultraviolet region. A temperature of 295 K has been considered. The Molecular Quantum Defect Orbital (MQDO) methodology, with which reliable spectroscopic data have been reached in the ␥(0,0), ␦(0,0), and ␦(1,0) bands of the same molecule, has also been used for these calculations. We hope that the present results might be of straightforward use in atmospheric and interstellar chemistry.