Vacuum ultraviolet Fourier transform spectroscopy of the δ(0,0) and β(7,0) bands of NO

The combined band oscillator strength of the δ(0,0) and β(7,0) bands of nitric oxide has been measured in absorption by utilizing a vacuum ultraviolet Fourier transform spectrometer to resolve the rotational line profiles. We give accurate rotational line positions of the δ(0,0) and β(7,0) bands, and improved term values up to J=19.5 for the C 2Π(v=0) and J=8.5 for the B 2Π(v=7) levels, measured from the ground state. A deperturbation procedure has been used on the mixed levels, and the calculated molecular constants are in good agreement with previous work.