15min:

REBECCA A. H. BUTLER, Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, 174 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210; PAUL HELMINGER, Department of Physics and Chemistry, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688; FRANK C. DE LUCIA, Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, 174 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210.

Chlorine nitrate is a planar, slightly asymmetric molecule of atmospheric interest. It has a dense rotational spectrum due to its relatively small rotational constants and its several low-lying vibrational modes. We have recorded this spectrum with a FASSST spectrometer over a range of 128-350 GHz, and will report on our analysis of many of these lower vibrational states, including 2 ₉, 3 ₉, 4 ₉, 5 ₉, ₇, 2 ₇, ₇+ ₉, and ₆, taking into account several perturbations between states.