New results on the D2Π and B′2Π states of the PO molecule

Abstract

A rotational analysis of the D–X and D′–X band systems of PO in the region 1900–2100 Å has been reinvestigated from an absorption spectrum taken at high resolution. A new ν = 1 vibrational level of the D2Π state of PO interacting with a new vibrational level of the D′2Π state has been studied in detail. Two other new vibrational levels, ν = 2 and 3, of D2Π have been recorded and studied in detail. A rigorous deperturbation of the D and D′ levels has been carried out. It has been shown that D′2Π and B′2Π are one and the same state of the PO molecule. A new band overlapped by the D′–X, 26–0 band has been attributed to the B2Σ+–X2Π transition.