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Divita Gupta1, Philipp C Schmid1, Thomas Salomon1
1I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Str. 77, 50937 Köln, Germany.
Abstract:
The rotationally resolved spectrum of the degenerate ν4 antisymmetric C-H stretching band of the cyclopropenyl cation, c-C3H3 +, the smallest aromatic hydrocarbon cation, has been recorded employing leak-out-spectroscopy (LOS) in a cryogenic 22-pole ion trap instrument operated at T = 42 K. About 370 lines were measured in the region 3110-3150 cm-1 and assigned to rovibrational transitions of the fundamental antisymmetric C-H stretching band. Spectroscopic parameters have been refined compared to the previous experimental work from the group of Harold Linnartz [Zhao et al., Astrophys. J. Lett. 2014, 791, L28] and previous high-level theoretical predictions [Huang et al., J. Phys. Chem. A 2011, 115, 5005-5016]. Details of the spectral signatures allow for a thorough comparison of action spectroscopy in low-temperature ion traps to cavity ring down spectroscopy in a free-jet cooled discharge.
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