eprintid: 10093778 rev_number: 18 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/09/37/78 datestamp: 2020-04-27 15:22:50 lastmod: 2021-12-13 03:13:01 status_changed: 2020-04-27 15:22:50 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Cueto, M creators_name: Cernicharo, J creators_name: Barlow, MJ creators_name: Swinyard, BM creators_name: Herrero, VJ creators_name: Tanarro, I creators_name: Doménech, JL title: New accurate measurement of ³⁶ArH+ and ³⁸ArH+ ro-vibrational transitions by high resolution IR absorption spectroscopy ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C06 divisions: F60 keywords: ISM: molecules; methods: laboratory: molecular; molecular data; techniques: spectroscopic note: This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: The protonated argon ion, 36ArH+, was recently identified in the Crab Nebula from Herschel spectra. Given the atmospheric opacity at the frequency of its J = 1-0 and J = 2-1 rotational transitions (617.5 and 1234.6 GHz, respectively), and the current lack of appropriate space observatories after the recent end of the Herschel mission, future studies on this molecule will rely on mid-infrared observations. We report on accurate wavenumber measurements of 36ArH+ and 38ArH+ rotation-vibration transitions in the v = 1-0 band in the range 4.1-3.7 μm (2450-2715 cm–1). The wavenumbers of the R(0) transitions of the v = 1-0 band are 2612.50135 ± 0.00033 and 2610.70177 ± 0.00042 cm–1 (±3σ) for 36ArH+ and 38ArH+, respectively. The calculated opacity for a gas thermalized at a temperature of 100 K and with a linewidth of 1 km s–1 of the R(0) line is 1.6 × 10–15 × N(36ArH+). For column densities of 36ArH+ larger than 1 × 1013 cm–2, significant absorption by the R(0) line can be expected against bright mid-IR sources. date: 2014-03-01 date_type: published publisher: IOP PUBLISHING LTD official_url: https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/783/1/L5 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 925732 doi: 10.1088/2041-8205/783/1/L5 lyricists_name: Barlow, Michael lyricists_name: Swinyard, Bruce lyricists_id: MJBAR75 lyricists_id: BSWIN93 actors_name: Allington-Smith, Dominic actors_id: DAALL44 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: The Astrophysical Journal Letters volume: 783 number: 1 article_number: L5 pages: 5 citation: Cueto, M; Cernicharo, J; Barlow, MJ; Swinyard, BM; Herrero, VJ; Tanarro, I; Doménech, JL; (2014) New accurate measurement of ³⁶ArH+ and ³⁸ArH+ ro-vibrational transitions by high resolution IR absorption spectroscopy. The Astrophysical Journal Letters , 783 (1) , Article L5. 10.1088/2041-8205/783/1/L5 <https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205%2F783%2F1%2FL5>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10093778/10/Barlow_Cueto_2014_ApJL_783_L5.pdf