The permanent electric dipole moments and magnetic ge factors of neodymium monoxide.

Stark and Zeeman spectra of the [16.7]3-X4 transition of neodymium monoxide (NdO) have been obtained at a resolution of less than 40 MHz. Analysis of the Stark spectra yielded permanent electric dipole moments μ_el of 3.742(16) and 3.369(13) D for the [16.7]3 and X4 states, respectively. The ground state value μ_el is compared to that of isovalent uranium monoxide (UO) and those of other lanthanide monoxides using a molecular orbital description. Analysis of the Zeeman spectra yielded magnetic g_e factors of 2.084(6) and 2.178(8) for the J=3 and 4 rotational levels, respectively, of the [16.7]3 state and a g_e factor of 2.116(6) for the X4 state. A comparison with the g_e factor expected from the ab initio [Allouche et al., J. Chem. Phys. 124, 184317 (2006)] and the ligand field theory [P. Carette and A. Hocquet, J. Mol. Spectrosc. 131, 301 (1988)] predictions for the X4 ground state is given. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]