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Abstract: Lorentz self- and air-broadened half width and pressure-induced shift coefficients and their dependences on temperature have been measured from laboratory absorption spectra for nearly 130 transitions in the ν2 band of 12CH4. In addition line mixing coefficients (using the relaxation matrix element formalism) for both self- and air-broadening were experimentally determined for the first time for a small number of transitions in this band. Accurate line positions and absolute line intensities were also determined. These parameters were obtained by analyzing high-resolution (~0.003 to 0.01cm−1) laboratory spectra of high-purity natural CH4 and air-broadened CH4 recorded at temperatures between 226 and 297K using the McMath–Pierce Fourier transform spectrometer (FTS) located at the National Solar Observatory on Kitt Peak, Arizona. A multispectrum nonlinear least squares technique was used to fit short (5–15cm−1) spectral intervals in 24–29 spectra simultaneously. Parameters were determined for ν2 transitions up to J″=16. The variations of the measured broadening and shift parameters with the rotational quantum number index and tetrahedral symmetry species are examined. The present results are also compared with previous measurements available in the literature. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: Line positions, Lorentz air-broadened half width and air pressure-induced shift coefficients have been measured for nearly 200 transitions in the ν4 band of 13CH4 from high-resolution spectra recorded with the McMath-Pierce Fourier transform spectrometer. Three room temperature spectra of 13CH4 used in the previous study of Malathy Devi et al. (Air-broadened Lorentz halfwidths and pressure-induced line shifts in the ν4 band of 13CH4. Appl. Opt. 1988; 27: 2296–2308) were analyzed together with a large number of additional spectra of self- and air-broadened CH4 recorded at 210–314K and one room-temperature spectrum of self-broadened 13CH4. Analyses applying the multispectrum nonlinear least squares fitting technique were performed to retrieve the spectral line parameters. In addition to air-broadened half width and shift coefficients, self-broadened half width and shift coefficients were determined for at least 56 13CH4 ν4 transitions. Off-diagonal relaxation matrix element coefficients for air-broadened line mixing were also determined for 28 pairs of P and R transitions in a number of J manifolds, and mixing parameters for self-broadening were also determined for some of these pairs. Temperature-dependences of the pressure-induced shift and mixing parameters for the 13CH4 lines could not be determined from the spectra used in the present analysis, but temperature dependences of the half width coefficients were determined for the strongest transitions. The results of this study are compared with other studies of air- and self-broadened 13CH4 and 12CH4. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: Accurate values for line positions, absolute line intensities, self-broadened half width and self-pressure-induced shift coefficients have been measured for over 400 allowed and forbidden transitions in the ν4 band of methane (12CH4). Temperature dependences of half width and pressure-induced shift coefficients were also determined for many of these transitions. The spectra used in this study were recorded at temperatures between 210 and 314K using the National Solar Observatory''s 1m Fourier transform spectrometer at the McMath-Pierce solar telescope. The complete data set included 60 high-resolution (0.006–0.01cm−1) absorption spectra of pure methane and methane mixed with dry air. The analysis was performed using a multispectrum nonlinear least squares curve fitting technique where a number of spectra (20 or more) were fit simultaneously in spectral intervals 5–15cm−1 wide. In addition to the line broadening and shift parameters, line mixing coefficients (using the off-diagonal relaxation matrix element formalism) were determined for more than 50 A-, E-, and F-species transition pairs in J manifolds of the P- and R-branches. The measured self-broadened half width and self-shift coefficients, their temperature dependences and the line mixing parameters are compared to self-broadening results available in the literature and to air-broadened parameters determined for these transitions from the same set of spectra. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: Temperature dependences of pressure-broadened half-width and pressure-induced shift coefficients along with accurate positions and intensities have been determined for transitions in the 2←0 band of 12C16O from analyzing high-resolution and high signal-to-noise spectra recorded with two different Fourier transform spectrometers. A total of 28 spectra, 16 self-broadened and 12 air-broadened, recorded using high-purity (≥99.5% 12C-enriched) CO samples and CO diluted with dry air (research grade) at different temperatures and pressures, were analyzed simultaneously to maximize the accuracy of the retrieved parameters. The sample temperatures ranged from 150 to 298K and the total pressures varied between 5 and 700Torr. A multispectrum nonlinear least squares spectrum fitting technique was used to adjust the rovibrational constants (G, B, D, etc.) and intensity parameters (including Herman–Wallis coefficients), rather than determining individual line positions and intensities. Self- and air-broadened Lorentz half-width coefficients, their temperature dependence exponents, self- and air-pressure-induced shift coefficients, their temperature dependences, self- and air- line mixing coefficients, their temperature dependences and speed dependence have been retrieved from the analysis. Speed-dependent line shapes with line mixing employing off-diagonal relaxation matrix element formalism were needed to minimize the fit residuals. This study presents a precise and complete set of spectral line parameters that consistently reproduce the spectrum of carbon monoxide over terrestrial atmospheric conditions. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Highlights • 5819 line positions and intensities were retrieved from measured spectra in the 5550- 5825 cm−1 region. • More than 2800 new assignments were made in the region. • More than 3445 experimental line positions were modeled to 0.0024 cm−1. Abstract A new study of 12CH 4 line positions and intensities was performed for the Tetradecad regions 5550,000–5695.250, 5718.8–5724.250 and 5792.36–5814.290 cm−1 using long path (202 m, 602 m, 1604 m and 1804 m) spectra of normal samples of CH 4 at different pressures recorded with a Fourier transform spectrometer in Reims, France. Line positions and intensities were retrieved by least squares curve-fitting procedures and analyzed using the effective Hamiltonian and the effective dipole moment expressed in terms of irreducible tensor operators adapted to spherical top molecules. An 80 K spectrum recorded in Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, of enriched 12CH 4 was used for low-J line positions. Another 80 K spectrum of enriched 13CH 4 from JPL was used to discern the isotopic lines. A new measured linelist contains positions and intensities for 5819 features. Quantum assignments were made for more than 3400 transitions, which represent ∼95% of the integrated line intensity observed in this region. All assigned 3445 line positions were fitted with RMS standard deviations of 0.0024 cm−1. The sum of observed intensities between 5550 and 5695 cm−1 fell within 2% of the predicted value from ab initio variational calculations reported in the TheoReTS database (http://theorets.univ-reims.fr ; http://theorets.tsu.ru). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A new study of 13 CH 4 line intensities and positions was performed in the Octad region between 3750 and 4700 cm −1 . Using 13 C-enriched samples, spectra were recorded with both the McMath–Pierce FTS at Kitt Peak Observatory in Arizona and the Bruker IFS-125HR at JPL. Sample temperatures ranged between 80 and 296 K. Line positions and intensities of ~15,000 features were retrieved at different temperatures by non-linear least squares curve-fitting procedures. Intensities were used to estimate the lower state energies for 60% of the features in order to determine quantum assignments up to J =10. A preliminary analysis was performed using the effective Hamiltonian and the effective dipole transition moment expressed in terms of irreducible tensor operators adapted to spherical top molecules. Selected assignments were made up to J =10 for all 24 sub-vibrational states of the Octad; these were modeled for 4752 experimental line positions and 3301 selected line intensities fitted with RMS standard deviations of 0.004 cm −1 and 6.9%, respectively. Integrated intensities of the eight Octad bands are compared to ab initio variational calculations. A prediction of the 13 CH 4 is given, but further analysis to improve the calculation will be reported in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: A new study of 12CH3D line positions and intensities was performed for the upper portion of the Enneadecad polyad between 4000 and 4550cm−1. For this, FTIR spectra were recorded with D-enriched methane samples (at 80K with a Bruker 125 IFS at 0.005cm−1 resolution and at 291K with the McMath-Pierce FTS at 0.011cm−1 resolution, respectively). Line positions and intensities were retrieved by least square curve-fitting procedures and analyzed using the effective Hamiltonian and the effective dipole moment expressed in terms of irreducible tensor operators adapted to symmetric top molecules. Initially, only the cold spectrum was used to identify quantum assignments and predict 12CH3D relative intensities in this region. To assign higher quanta up to J equal 14, additional line positions and intensities were obtained from two room temperature spectra. In the final stage, measured intensities from both the cold and the room temperature data were normalized to corresponding values at 296K and then averaged. Combining the two temperature datasets confirmed the assumed quantum assignments and also demonstrated the relative accuracies to be better than ±0.0002cm−1 for line positions and at least ±6% for intensities so that ∼1160 features were selected. Including additional assignments from the room temperature spectra alone permitted 1362 line intensities of 11 bands (involving 23 vibrational symmetry components) to be reproduced with an RMS of 9%. Over 4085 selected positions for 12 bands were modeled to 0.008cm−1. Nevertheless a number of known assignments could not be modeled to within our experimental precisions. More work is needed to obtain a complete characterization of this complex polyad. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]