ND_2_ rotational spectrum

DOI

The deuteration mechanism of molecules in the interstellar medium is still being debated. Observations of deuterium-bearing species in several astronomical sources represent a powerful tool to improve our understanding of the interstellar chemistry. The doubly deuterated form of the astrophysically interesting amidogen radical could be a target of detection in space. In this work, the rotational spectrum of the ND_2_ radical in its ground vibrational and electronic X^2^B_1_ state has been investigated between 588 and 1131GHz using a frequency modulation millimeter/submillimeter-wave spectrometer. The ND_2_ molecule has been produced in a free-space glass absorption cell by discharging a mixture of ND_3_ and Ar. Sixty-four new transition frequencies involving J values from 2 to 5 and K_a_ values from 0 to 4 have been measured. A global analysis including all the previous field-free pure rotational data has been performed, allowing for a more precise determination of a very large number of spectroscopic parameters. Accurate predictions of rotational transition frequencies of ND_2_ are now available from a few gigahertz up to several terahertz.

Identifier
DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.22330015
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/233/15
Related Identifier https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJS/233/15
Related Identifier http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJS/233/15
Metadata Access http://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/pmh/pubreg.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_b2find&identifier=ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/233/15
Provenance
Creator Melosso M.; Degli Esposti C.; Dore L.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2018
Rights https://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.html
OpenAccess true
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Representation
Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Interdisciplinary Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics