The Renner-Teller effect in C
2H
2+(X
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u) has been studied by using zero kinetic energy (ZEKE) photoelectronspectroscopy and coherent extreme ultraviolet (XUV) radiation. The rotationally resolved vibronic spectrahave been recorded for energies up to 2000 cm
-1 above the ground vibrational state. The C
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2), the CCH trans bending (
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4), and the CCH cis bending (
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5) vibrational excitations have beenobserved. The assigned vibronic bands are
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u+)(hot band),
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u-/+),
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g+/-), and
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u),
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u),
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g),
(X
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u), and
(X
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u). The Renner-Teller parameters, the harmonic frequencies, thespin-orbit coupling constants, and the rotational constants for the corresponding vibronic bands have beendetermined by fitting the spectra with energy eigenvalues from the Hamiltonian that considers simultaneouslyRenner-Teller coupling, vibrational energies, rotational energies, and spin-orbit coupling interaction.