J/A+A/406/L47 17OH spin-rotation transition frequencies (Polehampton+, 2003)
Far-infrared detection of 17OH towards Sagittarius B2.
Polehampton E.T., Brown J.M., Swinyard B.M., Baluteau J.-P.
<Astron. Astrophys. 406, L47 (2003)>
=2003A&A...406L..47P 2003A&A...406L..47P
ADC_Keywords: Atomic physics ; Interstellar medium ; Infrared sources
Keywords: infrared: ISM - molecular data - ISM: molecules -
line: identification - ISM: individual objects: Sagittarius B2
Abstract:
The frequencies and line strengths of the 2Π3/2 J=5/2-3/2
rotational transition of 17OH have been calculated from an analysis
of its far-infrared laser magnetic resonance spectrum. These results
have been used to make the first detection of a pure rotational
transition of 17OH in the ISM. Two resolved components of this
transition appear in absorption towards the giant molecular cloud
Sagittarius B2, which was observed at a spectral resolution of 33km/s
with the Fabry-Perot mode of the ISO Long Wavelength Spectrometer. The
corresponding transition of 18OH was also observed and its line
shape was modelled using HI measurements. The 18O/17O ratio of 3.5
was then used to compare this with the observed 17OH line shape.
Description:
Frequencies and line strengths for spin-rotation transitions of 17OH
are presented for energy levels up to and including 2Π3/2 J=7/2.
These were predicted by a computer program that used the molecular
parameters obtained from laser magnetic resonance measurements by
Leopold et al. (1987, J. Mol. Spec, 122, 440L. This program is
described in detail by Brown et al. (1978, Mol. Phys., 36, 553). The
calculation was performed taking account of the 17O nuclear spin but
ignoring the 1H nuclear spin, which causes a further splitting of each
level in to a doublet. The uncertainty in frequency prediction is
approximately 2MHz.
File Summary:
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freq17oh.dat 54 232 Frequencies, wavelengths and line strengths
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See also:
J/ApJS/117/427 : Sgr B2 spectral survey (Nummelin+, 1998)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: freq17oh.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1 I1 --- Fsu [1,2] Spin state upper (1)
3 I1 --- Fsl [1,2] Spin state lower (1)
6- 8 F3.1 --- Ji Rotation quantum number upper
10- 12 F3.1 --- Jj Rotation quantum number lower
15 I1 --- Fi Total angular momentum quantum number upper
16 A1 --- Pi [-+] Parity upper state (2)
18 I1 --- Fj Total angular momentum quantum number lower
19 A1 --- Pj [-+] Parity lower state (2)
22- 28 I7 MHz Freq ? Frequency (3)
33- 42 F10.6 um Wav ? Wavelength (3)
45- 53 F9.7 --- Sij ? Line Strength (3)
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Note (1): 1 denotes the 2Π3/2 state and 2 denotes the 2Π1/2 state.
Note (2): '+' denotes even parity and '-' denotes odd parity.
Note (3): In six cases the frequency, wavelength and line strength could
not be determined. In these cases, the three last columns are blank.
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Acknowledgements: Edward Polehampton
(End) Edward Polehampton [MPIfR, Germany] 01-Jul-2003