Hyperfine structure in the J = 1-0 transitions of DCO+, DNC, and HN13C: astronomical observations and quantum-chemical calculations

Details Hyperfine structure in the J = 1-0 transitions of DCO+, DNC, and HN13C: astronomical observations and quantum-chemical calculations Hyperfine structure in the J = 1-0 transitions of DCO+, DNC, and HN13C: astronomical observations and quantum-chemical calculations

2009-09-02

arxiv.org/abs/0909.0390v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxy Astrophysics

Accepted by A&A; 11 pages, 3 figures

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We have observed the rotational ground-state (J = 1-0) transitions of DCO+, HN13C and DNC with the IRAM 30m telescope toward the dark cloud LDN 1512 which has exceptionally narrow lines permitting hyperfine splitting to be resolved in part. The measured splittings of 50-300 kHz are used to derive nuclear quadrupole and spin-rotation parameters for these species. The measurements are supplemented by high-level quantum-chemical calculations using coupled-cluster techniques and large atomic-orbital basis sets. We find eQq = +151.12 (400) kHz and C_I = -1.12 (43) kHz for DCO+, eQq = 272.5 (51) kHz for HN13C, and eQq(D) = 265.9 (83) kHz and eQq(N) = 288.2 (71) kHz for DNC. The numbers for DNC are consistent with previous laboratory data, while our constants for DCO+ are somewhat smaller than previous results based on astronomical data. For both DCO+ and DNC, our results are more accurate than previous determinations. Our results are in good agreement with the corresponding best theoretical estimates. We also derive updated rotational constants for HN13C: B = 43545.6000 (47) MHz and D = 93.7 (20) kHz. The hyperfine splittings of the DCO+, DNC and HN13C J = 1-0 lines range over 0.47-1.28 km/s, which is comparable to typical line widths in pre-stellar cores and to systematic gas motions on ~1000 AU scales in protostellar cores. We present tabular information to allow inclusion of the hyperfine splitting in astronomical data interpretation. The large differences in the 14N quadrupole parameters of DNC and HN13C have been traced to differences in the vibrational corrections caused by significant non-rigidity of these molecules, particularly along the bending coordinate.

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