Line-Mixing Effects in He- and N(2)-Broadened Sigma <-- Pi Infrared Q Branches of C(2)H(2).

Two Q branches of C(2)H(2) near 716.3 and 719.9 cm(-1) belonging to the (nu(4) + nu(5))(0) - nu(1f)(4) and 2nu(0)(5)-nu(1f)(5) bands, of Sigma <-- Pi symmetry, have been studied for He and N(2) perturbers at pressures ranging from 0.05 to 1 atm, using a tunable diode-laser spectrometer. To interpret the line-mixing effects observed in these spectra, we have applied a model based on the energy-corrected sudden approximation whose parameters have been only derived from line-broadening data. This model provides satisfactory agreement with experimental bandshapes for both bands and perturbers, especially at pressures higher than 0.1 atm. The Q-branch profiles for C(2)H(2)-He are higher and narrower than those obtained for C(2)H(2)-N(2) at the same pressure as the result of smaller broadening coefficients and larger line-mixing effects in the former system. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.