ROTATIONAL FREQUENCIES OF TRANSITION-METAL HYDRIDES FOR ASTROPHYSICAL SEARCHES IN THE FAR-INFRARED

被引:14
作者
BROWN, JM [1 ]
BEATON, SP [1 ]
EVENSON, KM [1 ]
机构
[1] NATL INST STAND & TECHNOL,DIV TIME & FREQUENCY,BOULDER,CO 80303
关键词
INFRARED; INTERSTELLAR; LINES; ISM; MOLECULES; LINE; IDENTIFICATION; MOLECULAR DATA;
D O I
10.1086/187012
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Accurate frequencies for the lowest rotational transitions of five transition metal hydrides (CrH, FeH, CoH, NiH, and CuH) in their ground electronic states are reported to help the identification of these species in astrophysical sources from their far-infrared spectra. Accurate frequencies are determined in two ways: for CuH, by calculation from rotational constants determined from higher J transitions with an accuracy of 190 kHz; for the other species, by extrapolation to zero magnetic field from laser magnetic resonance spectra with an accuracy of 0.7 MHz.
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页码:L125 / L127
页数:3
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