coefficients in the P-branch of the ν 3 band of methane. The experiments were performed at
room temperature for 16 lines in the spectral range 2906–2948 cm− 1 with J values between
7 and 11. Each line was recorded at four different nitrogen pressures ranging from 17 to 302
mbar. The collisional shifts were obtained by fitting to the experimental lineshape a Rautian–
Sobel'Man profile that takes into account the Dicke narrowing. The shift coefficients were …