Detection of the Infrared Fundamental Band ofHeH+

Abstract
Nine vibration-rotation transitions of the fundamental band of HeH+ have been observed in absorption by using a tunable, infrared, difference-frequency laser source. The molecular constants for the v=0 and v=1 levels of the XΣ+1 state have been determined and they agree very will with those derived from the ab initio calculation of Bishop and Cheung.