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Predicting the rotational dependence of line broadening using machine learning

Guest, ER; Tennyson, J; Yurchenko, SN; (2024) Predicting the rotational dependence of line broadening using machine learning. Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy , 401 , Article 111901. 10.1016/j.jms.2024.111901. Green open access

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Abstract

Correct pressure broadening is essential for modelling radiative transfer in atmospheres, however data are lacking for the many exotic molecules expected in exoplanetary atmospheres. Here we explore modern machine learning methods to mass produce pressure broadening parameters for a large number of molecules in the ExoMol data base. To this end, state-of-the-art machine learning models are used to fit to existing, empirical air-broadening data from the HITRAN database. A computationally cheap method for large-scale production of pressure broadening parameters is developed, which is shown to be reasonably (69%) accurate for unseen active molecules. This method has been used to augment the previously insufficient ExoMol line broadening diet, providing air-broadening data for all ExoMol molecules, so that the ExoMol database has a full and more accurate treatment of line broadening. Suggestions are made for improved air-broadening parameters for species present in atmospheric databases.

Type: Article
Title: Predicting the rotational dependence of line broadening using machine learning
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.jms.2024.111901
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jms.2024.111901
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords: Machine learning, Line broadening
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
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
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10190257
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