Buldyreva, Jeanna;
Yurchenko, Sergei N;
Tennyson, Jonathan;
(2022)
Simple semi-classical model of pressure-broadened infrared/microwave linewidths in the temperature range 200–3000 K.
RAS Techniques and Instruments
, 1
(1)
pp. 43-47.
10.1093/rasti/rzac004.
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Abstract
There is a need for line broadening parameters for molecules found in exoplanetary atmospheres for a variety of broadeners and a range of temperatures. The use of an easily handled semi-classical theoretical expression is suggested for the calculation of pressure-broadened linewidths for (vib)rotational transitions over a large temperature range (200–3000 K) starting from a minimal set of input parameters: kinetic molecular properties and the character of the leading term in the intermolecular interaction potential. Applications to NO and OH colliding with rare-gas atoms and non-polar molecules demonstrate good consistency with available measurements over the full indicated temperature range. The procedure therefore can be expected to provide realistic estimates for line broadening of ‘exotic’ molecules and molecular ions present in hot planetary atmospheres.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Simple semi-classical model of pressure-broadened infrared/microwave linewidths in the temperature range 200–3000 K |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1093/rasti/rzac004 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1093/rasti/rzac004 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | algorithms, data methods, exoplanets, line profiles |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10153362 |
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