Syme AM, McKemmish LK. Full spectroscopic model and trihybrid experimental-perturbative-variational line list for CN.
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 2021;
505:4383-4395. [PMID:
34177351 PMCID:
PMC8220511 DOI:
10.1093/mnras/stab1551]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2021] [Revised: 05/13/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
Abstract
Accurate line lists are important for the description of the spectroscopic nature of small molecules. While a line list for CN (an important molecule for chemistry and astrophysics) exists, no underlying energy spectroscopic model has been published, which is required to consider the sensitivity of transitions to a variation of the proton-to-electron mass ratio. Here we have developed a Duo energy spectroscopic model as well as a novel hybrid style line list for CN and its isotopologues, combining energy levels that are derived experimentally (Marvel), using the traditional/perturbative approach (Mollist), and the variational approach (from a Duo spectroscopic model using standard ExoMol methodology). The final Trihybrid ExoMol-style line list for 12C14N consists of 28 004 energy levels (6864 experimental, 1574 perturbative, the rest variational) and 2285 103 transitions up to 60 000 cm-1 between the three lowest electronic states (X 2Σ+, A 2Π, and B 2Σ+). The spectroscopic model created is used to evaluate CN as a molecular probe to constrain the variation of the proton-to-electron mass ratio; no overly promising sensitive transitions for extragalactic study were identified.
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