文摘
A spectroscopic analysis of the strongly perturbed N2(b1螤u, 谓 = 8) state has been conducted, accounting for b1螤u(谓 = 8) 鈫?X 1危g+(谓 = 0) transitions, for the first time, up to J鈥?= 20. A novel laser spectroscopy technique, using a combination of resonant-enhanced multiphoton ionization and fluorescence detection at atmospheric pressure, avoids the severe effects of perturbation reported in past extreme vacuum ultraviolet absorption experiments that produced weak and unusable spectra for the 谓 = 8 level. The R, Q, and P branches of the three-photon absorption transition b1螤u(谓 = 8) 鈫?X1危g+(谓 = 0) were fit, allowing rotational term energy assignment up to J鈥?= 20 and molecular constants to be determined. Evidence of the previously suspected perturbation in b1螤u(谓 = 8) is clear in this data, with significant 螞-type doubling at higher J鈥?along with an anomalous negative value determined for the centrifugal distortion coefficient.