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We show results for some new bands of C2, CN, N2 +, CO+, NH, OH, and CH hitherto unidentified, but expected to be present in the spectrum of comets by the analysis of Franck-Condon factors. Vibrational transition probabilities, Franck-Condon factors have been evaluated by an approxximate analytical method for the A-X system of C2, A-X, and B-X systems of CN, B-X system of N2 +, A-X, and B-A systems of CO + , A-X system of NH and A−X system of OH.
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Singh, M., Chaturvedi, J.P. Laboratory studies on cometary molecules. Earth Moon Planet 38, 253–261 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00121482
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