Rotational structure in the NO2 absorption spectrum between 8170 and 8280 Å
Three parallel-polarized sub-bands, lying in the region 8170–8280 Å in the absorption spectrum of NO2, have been analysed rotationally from high dispersion grating spectra. These sub-bands are assigned as perturbed K = 0, 1, and 4 sub-bands of the [Formula: see text], which appear in absorption because of vibrational momentum coupling with the [Formula: see text], 030–000 band, which lies 137 cm−1 lower in energy. It is shown that in the photographic infrared region of the NO2 spectrum the level densities in the interacting [Formula: see text] and F[Formula: see text] states are sufficiently low that it is possible to identify progressions of vibronically-induced transitions that in zero order would be within the ground state manifold. The implications for a more detailed understanding of the NO2 spectrum are discussed.