1. Hyperfine excitation of 13CCH and C13CH by collisions with para- H2
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Pirlot Jankowiak, P., Lique, F, Dagdigian, P J, Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes) –UMR 6251, F-35000 Rennes, France, Department of Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218-2685, USA, Institut de Physique de Rennes (IPR), Université de Rennes (UR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Johns Hopkins University (JHU), TGCC, European Research Council, ERC, (811363), Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, CEA, and Grand Équipement National De Calcul Intensif, GENCI
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[PHYS]Physics [physics] ,molecular processes ,molecular data -molecular processes -radiative transfer ,molecular data ,[PHYS.QPHY]Physics [physics]/Quantum Physics [quant-ph] ,radiative transfer ,[PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] - Abstract
International audience; The computation of hyperfine resolved cross sections and rate coefficients for open-shell molecules in collision with H2 is a true methodological and numerical challenge. Such collisional data are however required to interpret astrophysical observations. We report the first hyperfine resolved rate coefficients for (de-)excitation of 13CCH and C13CH isotopologues induced by collisions with para-H2. These calculations have been performed using a recently published C2H-H2 potential energy surface. Hyperfine resolved cross sections and rate coefficients between the first 98 energy levels of the two isotopologues were determined using a recoupling technique for temperatures ranging from 5 to 100 K. Significant isotopic substitution effects were found, showing the necessity of computing isotopologue specific collisional data. These rate coefficents have then been used in a simple radiative transfer modelling for typical molecular cloud conditions. © 2023 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society.
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- 2023