LOCAL MODE SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY OF THE AsH₃ MOLECULE: THE PERTURBED (500) LOCAL MODE OVERTONE

The high resolution Fourier transform spectra of AsH₃ in the region of 9720-9900 cm^-1, which had been recorded at a resolution of 0.015 cm^-1, were assigned to the (500; A₁) and (500; E) local mode overtones and rotationally analyzed. The effective spectroscopic parameters were obtained by nonlinear least-squares fitting the vibration-rotational Hamiltonian with the rotational energy levels up to J=6 (98 levels in all) included. The evolution of the rotational energy patterns from v=1 to v=6 shows that the tendency of normal mode to local mode vibration evolution has been stopped by perturbations in relatively high energy region.