J/ApJS/229/26     Rotational spectra of aminoacetonitrile   (Kolesnikova+, 2017)
Rotational spectra in 29 vibrationally excited states of interstellar
aminoacetonitrile.
    Kolesnikova L., Alonso E.R., Mata S., Alonso J.L.
   <Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser., 229, 26-26 (2017)>
   =2017ApJS..229...26K 2017ApJS..229...26K    (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
ADC_Keywords: Atomic physics ; Spectra, millimetric/submm
Keywords: catalogs; ISM: molecules; molecular data; techniques: spectroscopic
Abstract:
    We report a detailed spectroscopic investigation of the interstellar
    aminoacetonitrile, a possible precursor molecule of glycine. Using a
    combination of Stark and frequency-modulation microwave and millimeter
    wave spectroscopies, we observed and analyzed the room-temperature
    rotational spectra of 29 excited states with energies up to
    1000cm-1. We also observed the 13C isotopologues in the ground
    vibrational state in natural abundance (1.1%). The extensive data set
    of more than 2000 new rotational transitions will support further
    identifications of aminoacetonitrile in the interstellar medium.
Description:
    In the present work, new spectroscopic measurements and analysis of
    aminoacetonitrile have been performed in frequency ranges 26-40GHz,
    75-115GHz, and 170-240GHz. Stark-modulation microwave and
    frequency-modulation millimeter wave spectroscopies made it possible
    to identify the pure rotational transitions of 29 different excited
    vibrational states belonging to fundamentals, overtones, and
    combination states of the low-frequency torsional and bending modes.
File Summary:
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 FileName   Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe         80        .   This file
table4.dat     67     2352   List of the assigned and fitted transitions for
                             29 excited vibrational states of the parent species
                             and ground state transitions of two 13C
                             isotopologues of aminoacetonitrile (NH2-CH2-CN)
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See also:
   J/ApJS/209/23 : Aminoacetonitrile transition frequencies (Motoki+, 2013)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table4.dat
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   Bytes Format Units  Label    Explanations
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   1- 13  A13   ---    Species  Species
  17- 18  I2    ---    J1       [7/40] Upper J quantum number
  20- 21  I2    ---    Ka1      [0/16] Upper Ka quantum number
  23- 24  I2    ---    Kc1      [3/38] Upper Kc quantum number
  28- 29  I2    ---    J0       [6/40] Lower J quantum number
  31- 32  I2    ---    Ka0      [0/16] Lower Ka quantum number
  34- 35  I2    ---    Kc0      [2/39] Lower Kc quantum number
  39- 49  F11.4 MHz    nuObs    [75024/239803.2] Observed frequency of the
                                 transition
  53- 57  F5.3  MHz  e_nuObs    [0.05/0.5] Uncertainty of the observed frequency
  62- 67  F6.3  MHz    O-C      [-0.3/0.3] Observed minus calculated frequency
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History:
    From electronic version of the journal
(End)                  Prepared by [AAS], Emmanuelle Perret [CDS]    14-Jun-2017