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The infrared signature of carbon dioxide clusters of nanometric size is discussed both in the bending (ν[sub 2] mode at 15 µm) and in the asymmetric stretching (ν[sub 3] mode at 4.2 µm) spectral region of the monomer. The carbon dioxide nanoparticles were formed using a capillary tube injection inserted upstream of a uniform supersonic flow of argon generated by a Laval nozzle. The size of the formed clusters was varied by changing the stagnation pressure P[sub 0] of the capillary. The empirical power law connecting P[sub 0] to the number N of monomers per cluster: N∝ P[sup 2.2, sub 0] was verified in this work. The cluster mean size was estimated using a Rayleigh scattering experiment showing the formation of nanometric clusters whose radii are in the range 0.7 nm

Most of the all-quantum-mechanical calculations of line shape relaxation cross sections that have been previously published were based on the “impact approximation” allowing us to express off-diagonal elements in terms of collision theory S-matrices. Two consequences of that approximation are pointed out. The first is that impact cross sections do not obey detailed balance except in limited cases. The second, which is shown of more severe consequence for line coupling applications, is the loss of a sum rule relating the off-diagonal elements (coupling a given line to all the others) to the diagonal one. Finally, it appears clearly that off-the-energy shell calculations with realistic potential surfaces are absolutely necessary for ab initio computing line shapes of overlapping lines. © 2002 American Institute of Physics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The fundamental isotropic Raman Q-branch of CO has been recorded using Raman loss spectroscopy for mixtures with helium at low temperatures (77–195 K). Accurate close coupling calculations of both diagonal and off diagonal (line coupling) cross sections have been performed starting from one of the best available potential energy surfaces [T. G. A. Heijmen, R. Moszynski, P. E. S. Wormer, and Ad van der Avoird, J. Chem. Phys. 107, 9921 (1997)]. Predictions are in good agreement with Q-branch Raman data. These results, which corroborate previous analysis based on IR absorption data, are a further test of the adequacy of the close coupling formalism for the prediction of line shapes in a rather wide range of physical situations (pressure, temperature, type of spectroscopy...), when an accurate potential exists. © 2001 American Institute of Physics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We present measurements of the shifts and widths of the rovibrational lines of the fundamental band of CO highly diluted in He and Ar at 296 K. The shifts are decomposed into parts odd and even in the line number, m. These are then compared with close coupled calculations carried out with the best known interaction potentials. There is general agreement between the calculated and measured values of the broadening and shifting. Furthermore, the results illustrate that the decomposition of the shifts into parts, odd and even in m, is a powerful tool for separating out the relative contributions of the isotropic and anisotropic part of the interaction to the shifts and which part needs to be corrected if there is a discrepancy. Thus, shift measurements can be added to the list of experiments that may be used to determine reliable interaction potentials. The results also show, given a potential, that close coupled calculations are accurate and could be used to confirm or establish empirical models of the temperature dependence of the broadening or shifting, etc. Such modeling is important at atmospheric physics. © 2001 American Institute of Physics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Line coupling induced by collisions leads to drastic modifications of the spectral profile of the 0003–0000 of CO2 pressurized by helium. Calculation of these modifications have been performed by using two recent energy corrected sudden (ECS) formalisms. The two formulations lead to theoretical predictions rather similar and in good agreement with the available data over extended ranges of frequency and perturber pressure. It has been shown that a simultaneous fit of the pressure broadened linewidths and the near wing profile allows a more accurate determination of the basic ECS parameters. For that purpose, it has been necessary to extend the measurement of the broadened widths to high J values (up to J≊90). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The shape of the 00°3–00°0 CO2 band in helium has been investigated at room temperature over an extended range of perturber pressures (0–140 atm). Various and strong deviations from an additive superposition of Lorentzian lines have been observed, due to important line mixing effects enhanced by the specific structure of the R branch in this band. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In paper I of this series, important deviations from an additive superposition of Lorentzian profiles were experimentally evidenced in the 00°3–00°0 band of CO2 in He. All the observed deviations are explained by the collision-induced line mixing effects which schematically transfer intensity from the wing of the band to its central part. The IOS approximation has been found to be insufficient while, the ECS approximation leads to theoretical predictions in good agreement with the experimental data over extended ranges of frequency and perturber pressure. However it must be emphasized that it has been necessary to resort to the method in current use for the determination of the fundamental rates, an ad hoc adjustement starting from the observed linewidths. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Here we present the first line-by-line measurements of interference parameters Y0k describing line-mixing effects in the weak overlapping regime for He-broadened CO lines in the 0–1 and 0–2 bands at 296 K. A detailed analysis of the line shape at intermediate perturber pressures (up to about 10 atm) has been performed, starting from previous theoretical calculations, which has demonstrated the possibility of an individual measurement of Yk parameters. The method is based on the existence of a component of the line shift, quadratic with the perturber pressure (density) and proportional to Y0k. Comparison of our measurements with results predicted from coupled-states calculations shows good overall agreement. Linear pressure shifts have also been simultaneously measured. The uncertainty on the data is important since linear shifts are very small; however, some features can be considered as significant although we have no clear understanding of them. Possible explanations are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Self-broadened and N2, Ar, He-broadened halfwidth and pressure shift coefficients of the rotational transitions in the 0003–0000 band of 12C16O2 have been measured from laboratory absorption recorded at room temperature with a Fourier transform spectrometer. Comparison is made with the results of a theoretical calculation based on a semiclassical model. Good agreement is obtained for all the IR vibrational bands for which data are available. It has been shown that the shifts mainly originate from vibrational dephasing. Infrared line shifts have been compared with results obtained from stimulated Raman spectroscopy and we show that they are not consistent. A number of possible explanations have been discussed to account for this discrepancy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We present experimental and theoretical results on the absorption in the Ar-broadened wing of the infrared CO2 ν3 band. Measurements have been made in the 293–765 K temperature range for total gas pressures up to 60 bar and are in good agreement with previous determinations at room temperature. Calculations have been carried out by using a line by line coupling theory presented and tested previously [J. Chem. Phys. 89, 625 (1988) and 91, 2163 (1989)]. The theoretical approach accounts for both line mixing and the wave-number dependence of the relaxation operator. It enables correct modeling of the temperature dependence of absorption. The strong sublorentzian absorption resulting from competitions between negative and positive individual line contributions is analyzed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The absorption beyond the ν3-band head of CO2 broadened by argon has been measured at room temperature. The absorption exhibits a strong sub-Lorentzian behavior (several orders of magnitude) resulting from collisionally induced line interferences which transfer intensity from this wing region to the ν3-band center. This wing absorption region implies detuning frequencies from resonances much larger than the reciprocal duration of collision. Consequently, finite duration of collisions in rotational energy transfers and initial correlations must be included in absorption calculation. A line-by-line coupling theory accounting for both these effects has been recently proposed [J. Chem. Phys. 89, 625 (1988)] and is applied here to a detailed study of the CO2–Ar collisional system. A convenient generalized detailed balance correction is introduced in this theory to overcome the limitation of the assumed resonant character of the energy transfer in the short time limit with respect to the thermal time ( βh)-1. The calculated absorption is in quantitative agreement with experiment. The origin and the nature of the empirical correcting factor currently used in similar studies are clearly established on a firm physical basis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Accurate coupled state calculations of line coupling are performed for infrared lines of carbon monoxide perturbed by helium. Such calculations lead to both real and imaginary line couplings. For the first time, the effect of this imaginary line couplings, connected with state-to-state rotational phase coherences, on infrared band shape, is analyzed. An extension of detailed balance principle to the complex plane is suggested from the present computed off-diagonal cross sections. This allows us to understand the physical mechanism underlying the weak effect of phase coherences on CO–He infrared band shape. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The line-by-line coupling for a pressure broadened rovibrational band is formulated in the far-wing limit. The present quasistatic theory assumes that the wave frequency is displaced from the line centers by an amount that is large compared with both the reciprocal duration of a typcial binary collision and frequency separation between strongly coupled lines. This theory generalizes that of Rosenkranz [J. Chem. Phys. 83, 6139 (1985)] where the Fano’s relaxation operator was reduced to a scalar parameter through a band average. The present approach permits computation of far-wing absorption more specifically tailored to individual lines. Such a line-by-line approach is needed for rovibrational bands where some far lines contribute significantly to the total absorption. In order to obtain a qualitative picture of the line coupling as a function of the frequency displacement, calculations for collisions of CO2 with Ar have been performed for some lines. The results are compared with the corresponding variation of the diagonal relaxation matrix element. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Line coupling coefficients resulting from rotational excitation of CO perturbed by He are computed within the infinite order sudden approximation (IOSA) and within the energy corrected sudden approximation (ECSA). The influence of this line coupling on the 1–0 CO–He vibration–rotation band shape is then computed for the case of weakly overlapping lines in the 292–78 K temperature range. The IOS and ECS results differ only at 78 K by a weak amount at high frequencies. Comparison with an additive superposition of lorentzian lines shows strong modifications in the troughs between the lines. These calculated modifications are in excellent quantitative agreement with recent experimental data for all the temperatures considered. The applicability of previous approaches to CO–He system, based on either the strong collision model or exponential energy gap law, is also discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Investigates the accuracy of energy-corrected sudden (ECS) formalism for line shape calculations. Estimation of the coupled states of carbon dioxide-argon collisions; Observation on the ECS linewidths; Convergence of the coupled-state calculations.