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HIGH RESOLUTION LIF SPECTROSCOPY OF THE Ar.NO COMPLEX.

TIMOTHY G. WRIGHT, JÈROME LOZEILLE, School of Chemistry, Physics and Environmental Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QJ, U. K.; CHRISTOPHER C. CARTER AND TERRY A. MILLER, Laser Spectroscopy Facility, Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210.

The à leftarrow X transition in ArNO has been recorded by high-resolution LIF spectroscopy. The work carries on a study of this complex by REMPI and ZEKE spectroscopy. Spectra have been recorded of the origin region, plus a region to higher energy, that has previously been attributed to stretch and stretch-bend combination bands. Progress in the analysis of the spectra will be reported; in particular, the previous deduction that the à state of ArNO is linear (on average) at the zero-point, but bent (on average) at higher energies will be examined.