The Rotational Spectrum of TiO2

Details The Rotational Spectrum of TiO2 The Rotational Spectrum of TiO2

Apr 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008apj...676.1367b&link_type=abstract

The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 676, Issue 2, pp. 1367-1371.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Ism: Molecules, Line: Identification, Molecular Data, Radio Lines: General, Stars: Agb And Post-Agb

Scientific paper

The rotational spectrum of titanium dioxide (TiO2) has been detected by laser-ablation molecular beam Fourier transform microwave spectroscopy. Thirteen b-type rotational transitions up to J=9 and Ka=4 were measured for the most abundant isotopic species 48TiO2 in the frequency range 7-42 GHz with accuracies of 1-10 kHz, allowing for the precise determination of rotational and centrifugal distortion parameters. In addition, eight and six rotational transitions of the rare isotopic species 46TiO2 and 50TiO2, respectively, have been recorded in the same frequency range. From the derived spectroscopic parameters, rest frequencies of TiO2 can now be calculated to better than 1 km s-1 in equivalent radial velocity up to fairly high J and Ka at millimeter wavelengths, enabling radioastronomical searches for this stable, highly polar transition metal dioxide in space. Preliminary results of two searches for TiO2 in space are presented.

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