Line shifts in the ν2, 2ν2, and ν4 bands of NH3 perturbed by O2

Pressure-induced line shift coefficients have been measured for more than 200 rovibrational lines of NH3 perturbed by O2 at room temperature (T = 295 K) in some branches of the ν2, 2ν2, and ν4 bands. These lines with J values ranging from 1 to 13 are located in the spectral range 800-1800 cm−1. Experiments were made with a high-resolution Fourier transform spectrometer. The treatment of vibration-rotation lines includes interference effects caused by the overlapping of lines. The O2 pressure-induced shift coefficients have been derived from the non-linear least-squares multi-pressure fitting technique. The results illustrate a vibrational dependence of line shifts with vibrational quantum number. Most of the measured shifts are negative in the ν4 band. They are positive for the ν2 and 2ν2 bands. The measured shift coefficients are compared with previous measurements and with those calculated from a semiclassical theory based upon the Robert-Bonamy formalism extended to the case of symmetric top molecule with inversion motion. The predictions are generally in satisfactory agreement with the experimental data. Analyses of measured and predicted results illustrate that these shifts mainly originate from the isotropic part of the intermolecular potential.