Further results relating to the electronic spectrum of 175Lu16O

Abstract

Further results are presented concerning the three known systems of the molecule LuO; i.e., A2Π, B2Π, C2Σ+ → X2Σ+. The observed wavenumbers in each of the 12 analyzed bands are reduced using an iterative, least squares fitting procedure. Rotational constants are given for vibrational levels ν = 0 and 1 in the C state and up to ν = 7 in the X and B states. The 1–1 band of the A → X system is partly analyzed. These new calculations confirm level B to be the 3/2 component of a 2Π state; but they give no such confirmation for the identification of the A level, whose 2Π nature is well established, as the 1/2 component of the same state.Moreover, a unique band at 5120 Å that cannot be classified into any of the three known systems is described and attributed to a new system of LuO. A partial rotational analysis is made showing that the band corresponds to a transition involving the level ν = 0 in the ground state. The nature of the upper state is discussed.