Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol.101, No.3, 275-277, 1997
Electronic Absorption-Spectra of SiC- and SiC in Neon Matrices
The A (2) Pi<--X(2) Sigma(+) and B-2 Sigma<--X(2) Sigma(+) electronic transitions of SiC-, with origin bands at 3538 cm(-1) and 21 683 cm(-1), have been identified in 5 K neon matrices using mass-selected deposition. Neutralization of the anions leads to the observation of two known systems of SiC, as well as of a new system, B-3 Sigma(+)<--X(3) Pi,with origin at 11749 cm(-1).