High-sensitivity CRDS absorption spectroscopy of acetylene between 5851 and 6341 cm-1

The absorption spectrum of acetylene has been recorded at room temperature (297 K) using high-sensitivity cavity ring-down spectroscopy (αmin ∼ 5×10-11 cm-1) in the 5851 and 6341 cm-1 interval corresponding to a region of very weak absorption. A list of about 10,700 absorption features with estimated absolute line intensities was constructed. The smallest intensities are of the order of 5×10-29 cm molecule-1. The line list includes about 2500 absorption lines of ethylene present at the ppm level in the acetylene sample and identified on the basis of a high-resolution Fourier transform spectrum specifically recorded. A total of more than 2700 lines of 12C2H2 were rovibrationally assigned in comparison with accurate predictions provided by a global effective operator model. Overall, the present effort adds about 2260 new assignments to the set of about 500 assigned transitions available in the literature. The new assignments correspond to 45 new bands and 17 already-known bands, for which additional J lines were assigned. Spectroscopic parameters were derived for the upper vibrational levels from a band by band fit of the line positions (typical root mean square deviation values are of the order of 0.001 cm-1). A few of the analysed bands were found to be affected by rovibrational perturbations, which are discussed. The new data will be valuable to refine the parameters of the global effective Hamiltonian and dipole moments of 12C2H2.SCOPUS: cp.j