Fortrat diagrams are commonly use in medium resolution spectroscopy to identify the patterns (or series of related lines such as P, Q, and R branches) along with other false positive matches. Below are the rotational resolved stick spectrum (bottom) and the associated Fortrat diagram of ethynyl radical, C2H, near 1.48 ?m (top) where N’ is rotational quantum number of the excited state. Use your knowledge and identify R branches and P branches in the figure below.