FOURIER TRANSFORM EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY OF THE A 2 Pi-X (2)Sigma(+) (RED) SYSTEM OF (CN)-C-13-N-14

TY - JOUR

T1 - FOURIER TRANSFORM EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY OF THE A 2 Pi-X (2)Sigma(+) (RED) SYSTEM OF (CN)-C-13-N-14

AU - Ram, R. S.

AU - Wallace, L.

AU - Hinkle, K.

AU - Bernath, P. F.

PY - 2010/6

Y1 - 2010/6

N2 - Emission spectra of the A (2)Pi-X (2)Sigma(+) transition (red system) of (CN)-C-13-N-14 have been measured in the 4000-15,000 cm(-1) region using the Fourier transform spectrometer associated with the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope of the National Solar Observatory. The (CN)-C-13-N-14 free radical was produced in microwave discharge of a mixture of (CH4)-C-13 and N-14(2). Rotational analysis of 22 vibrational bands involving vibrational levels up to v' = 8 and v '' = 5 of the excited and ground states has been obtained and much improved spectroscopic constants have been determined. An experimental line list and calculated term values are provided. The results of the present analysis are useful for the identification of (CN)-C-13-N-14 lines in late-type stars in the red and near-infrared spectral regions.

AB - Emission spectra of the A (2)Pi-X (2)Sigma(+) transition (red system) of (CN)-C-13-N-14 have been measured in the 4000-15,000 cm(-1) region using the Fourier transform spectrometer associated with the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope of the National Solar Observatory. The (CN)-C-13-N-14 free radical was produced in microwave discharge of a mixture of (CH4)-C-13 and N-14(2). Rotational analysis of 22 vibrational bands involving vibrational levels up to v' = 8 and v '' = 5 of the excited and ground states has been obtained and much improved spectroscopic constants have been determined. An experimental line list and calculated term values are provided. The results of the present analysis are useful for the identification of (CN)-C-13-N-14 lines in late-type stars in the red and near-infrared spectral regions.

KW - ISM: molecules

KW - line: identification

KW - methods: laboratory

KW - molecular data

KW - stars: carbon

KW - MILLIMETER-WAVE SPECTRUM

KW - INFRARED-SPECTRUM

KW - LASER SPECTROSCOPY

KW - ELECTRONIC-STATE

KW - INTERSTELLAR CN

KW - ABUNDANCES

KW - CARBON

KW - TRANSITION

KW - NITROGEN

KW - STARS

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U2 - 10.1088/0067-0049/188/2/500

DO - 10.1088/0067-0049/188/2/500

M3 - Article

SN - 0067-0049

VL - 188

SP - 500

EP - 505

JO - ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES

JF - ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES

IS - 2

ER -