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NEW ACCURATE WAVENUMBERS OF H35Cl+ AND H37Cl+ ROVIBRATIONAL

TRANSITIONS IN THE v=0−1 BAND OF THE 2Π STATE.

Conference Paper · June 2015

DOI: 10.15278/isms.2015.RD08

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 NEW ACCURATE WAVENUMBERS OF H35 Cl+ AND H37 Cl+ ROVIBRATIONAL TRANSITIONS IN THE v = 0 − 1
BAND OF THE 2 Π STATE.

JOSE LUIS DOMENECH, MAITE CUETO, VICTOR JOSE HERRERO, ISABEL TANARRO, Molecular
Physics, Instituto de Estructura de la Materia (IEM-CSIC), Madrid, Spain; JOSE CERNICHARO, Molecular
Astrophysics, ICMM, Madrid, Spain; BRIAN DROUIN, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of
Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.

HCl+ is a key intermediate in the interstellar chemistry of chlorine. It has been recently identified in space from
Herschel’s spectraa and it has also been detected in the laboratory through its optical emissionb , infraredc and mm-wave
spectrad . Now that Hershchel is decomissioned, further astrophysical studies on this radical ion will likely rely on ground-
based observations in the mid-infrared. We have used a difference frequency laser spectrometer coupled to a hollow
cathode discharge to measure the absorption spectrum of H35 Cl+ and H37 Cl+ in the v = 0 − 1 band of the 2 Π state
with Dopppler limited resolution. The accuracy of the individual measurements (∼ 10 MHz (3σ)) relies on a solid state
wavemeter referenced to an iodine-stabilized Ar+ laser. The new data are being fit using the CALPGM software from JPL,
and the current status will be presented.
a M. De Luca et al., Astrophys. J. Lett. 751, L37 (2012)
b W. D. Sheasley and C. W. Mathews, J. Mol. Spectrosc. 47, 420 (1973)
c P. B. Davies, P. A. Hamilton, B. A. Johnson, Mol. Phys. 57, 217 (1986)
d H. Gupta, B. J. Drouin, and J. C. Pearson, Astrophys. J. Lett. 751, L37 (2012)

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