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First laboratory observation of niobium monosulphide in the gas phase
Simard, B.,Masoni, C,Hackett, P. A.
, p. 7003 - 7011 (2007/10/02)
The diatomic molecule NbS has been observed for the first time by laser-induced fluorescence at low resolution in a supersonic molecular beam following expansion of a CS2/He (1:100) mixture through a laser-produced plasma of niobium atoms.Two band systems have been observed in the visible (400-700 nm); a strong one and a weaker one.The strong one has its origin near 15 670 cm-1 and is shown to belong to the C4Σ--X4Σ- system.The weaker one has its origin likely at 15 215 cm-1 and is attributed to the 2Σ+-X4Σ1/2- system.The latter system is ob served owing to the 2Σ+ (?1δ2) ca.C4Σ1/2- (δ2?*1) perturbation induced by the spin-orbit operators.This perturbation has been characterized through vibrational energy shifts, vibronic lifetimes, and analysis of the perturbation matrix elements.This enables direct determination of the large second-order spin-orbit splittings in the C4Σ- and X4Σ- states.In the ground state, the splitting which is due to the isoconfigurational 2Σ+HSOX4Σ-> interaction element has been established to be 63 cm-1 and is independent of the vibrational energy content.In the C state, the spin-orbit splitting arises from two interactions; one due to the isoconfigurational 2Σ+HSOC4Σ-> interaction and the other to the 2Σ- (?1δ2), (v + 1)HSOC4Σ- (δ2?*1),v> interaction.The former interaction splits the C4Σ3/2- and C4Σ1/2- components by about 63 cm-1, as in the ground X4Σ- state again independent of the vibrational energy content.The second interaction which becomes negligible at v(C4Σ-)4 shifts the C4Σ- (v = 0,1,2,3) levels to lower wa ve numbers by 18, 15, 11, and 5 cm-1, respectively.From a Franck-Condon analysis, the electronic part of the molecular matrix elements 2Σ+ (?1δ2),v'HSOC4Σ- (δ2?1*),v''> is estimated to be 57 cm-1.Other molecular parameters such as vibrational frequencies and anharmonicities, radiative lifetimes, Franck-Condon factors, mixing coefficients, and approximate bond lengths are reported and discussed.
