The microwave spectrum of CuO, X 2Π, measured with optical detection

M. C L Gerry; A. J. Merer; U. Sassenberg; Timothy Steimle

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The microwave spectrum of CuO, X ²Π, measured with optical detection

M. C L Gerry, A. J. Merer, U. Sassenberg, Timothy Steimle

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The microwave pure rotational transitions J = 3/2←1/2 and 5/2←3/2 have been measured for gas phase CuO in its X ²Π state, using microwave-optical double resonance. The copper hyperfine structure was observed, and has been analyzed for the first time for the ground state of an orbitally degenerate transition metal-containing molecule in the gas phase. Rotational, lambda-doubling, and magnetic and electric hyperfine parameters have been evaluated; the Fermi contact parameter b_F has been found to be very large and negative. The problem of determining the signs of the "off-diagonal" hyperfine parameters in ²Π electronic states is discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	4754-4761
Number of pages	8
Journal	The Journal of chemical physics
Volume	86
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.452696
State	Published - 1987

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