High-resolution microwave spectra of the ground state
20Ne-14N2,
20Ne-15N2,
22Ne-14N2, and
22Ne-15N2 Van der Waals complexes,
involving rotational levels up to J = 4, are reported.
Interpretation and assignment of the observed
transitions were made by combining results of measurements and theoretical
predictions of the MW line positions in terms of
available empirical potential energy surfaces and of a new high-level
ab initio potential energy surface. The deviations of
the calculated MW spectra from those observed experimentally are more uniform
for the ab initio potential surface than
they are for the empirical potential surfaces, allowing for reduction
of the deviations to within 0.07% for all isotopomers by a
single-parameter scaling of the ab initio potential energy surface.
The scaled Ne-N2 interaction potential was used to predict
the MW line positions for the transitions J'-J'' = 3-2, 4-3 for all species.
A simple procedure is proposed to improve
the ab initio results for atom-diatom systems
on the basis of atom-atom interaction components.