HOT BANDS OF HCNH$^+$ AND HCO$^+$ IN THE 3 $\mu$m REGION
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2005
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Ohio State University
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Protonated hydrogen cyanide, HCNH$^+$, and protonated carbon monoxide, HCO$^+$, are very abundant in ionized environments containing hydrogen, carbon, and either nitrogen or oxygen and are observed in many molecular clouds by radio astronomy. In the laboratory, the fundamental bands of these molecular ions are often detected in positive column discharges, even when nitrogen and oxygen are only present as impurities. Furthermore, in He dominated discharges, these ions are produced in highly excited vibrational states. Assignment of the hot bands of these molecular ions is an important step in the search for the less-intense absorptions of other ions. \vspace{2ex} In 2002 we recorded the spectrum of highly excited HCNH$^+$\ (3000--3600 \wn) in a water-cooled discharge of CH$_4$, N$_2$, H$_2$, and He.}$ International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, The Ohio State University (2002).} This spectrum was recorded with our color-center laser spectrometer which couples velocity modulation and heterodyne detection for near shot-noise-limited sensitivity. Since then, the high resolution spectrum of highly excited HCO$^+$\ (3000--3200 \wn) was recorded with the same spectrometer. HCO$^+$\ was produced in a water-cooled discharge of CO, H$_2$, and He. In this paper, we present the final analysis of the HCNH$^+$\ spectrum and a comparable analysis of the HCO$^+$\ spectrum. For HCO$^+$, a global fit of the new lines with all previous laboratory data will be presented as well.
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{Present Address: Department of Chemistry; The University of North Carolina; Chapel Hill; NC; 27599.[2]{C. M. Lindsay, C. F. Neese, and T. Oka, $57^{th
Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, Department of Astronomy \& Astrophysics,; and the Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago; IL, 60637, USA; Physics, School of Natural Sciences, Herschel Building, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK NE1 7RU
Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, Department of Astronomy \& Astrophysics,; and the Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago; IL, 60637, USA; Physics, School of Natural Sciences, Herschel Building, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK NE1 7RU