Infrared emission spectrum of the radical 28SiH: Observation and analysis of the rovibrational bands 1–0, 2–1, and 3–2 in the X 2Π ground state

Abstract
The emission spectrum of a plasma of silane flowing through a multipass reactor and excited by a radio frequency discharge has been recorded with a high information Fourier transform spectrometer. 192 rovibrational transitions of the 28SiH radical, between 1800 and 2150 cm−1, have been measured in the electronic ground state. These transitions are related to the fundamental band 1–0 and the two hot bands 2–1 and 3–2. A least squares procedure have led to the determination of a unique set of 25 accurate molecular constants for the vibrational levels v=0, 1, 2, 3 of the X 2Π state. The standard deviation on the calculated frequencies is 7×10−4 cm−1.