ROTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF FOUR BANDS OF THE A–X SYSTEM OF BiO IN THE NEAR ULTRAVIOLET

Abstract

A rotational analysis of the four bands (0, 1), (0, 2), (0, 3), and (0, 4) of the near ultraviolet system of BiO in the region λ 3 860–λ 3 130 Å has been carried out. The bands have been excited in a high-frequency discharge and photographed in the first order of a 21-ft concave-grating spectrograph (30 000 lines per inch) with a dispersion of 1.25 Å/mm. The analysis has shown that the bands arise from a case (c) 1/2(2Π1/2)–1/2(2II1/2) transition. The rotational constants of the upper and lower states have been determined.