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McKemmish, Laura K.; Masseron, Thomas; Hoeijmakers, H. Jens; Pérez-Mesa, Víctor; Grimm, Simon L.; Yurchenko, Sergei N.; Tennyson, Jonathan
Bibliographical reference
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 488, Issue 2, p.2836-2854
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2019
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169
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Description
Accurate line lists are crucial for correctly modelling a variety of
astrophysical phenomena, including stellar photospheres and the
atmospheres of extrasolar planets. This paper presents a new line
database TOTO for the main isotopologues of titanium oxide (TiO):
^{46}Ti^{16}O, ^{47}Ti^{16}O, ^{48}Ti^{16}O, ^{49}Ti^{16}O, and
^{50}Ti^{16}O. The ^{48}Ti^{16}O line list contains transitions with
wave-numbers up to 30 000 cm-1, i.e. longwards of 0.33 μm.
The TOTO line list includes all dipole-allowed transitions between 13
low-lying electronic states (X 3Δ,
a1Δ, d 1Σ+, E
3Π, A 3Φ, B3Π, C
3Δ, b 1Π, c1Φ,
f1Δ, e 1Σ+). Ab initio
potential energy curves (PECs) are computed at the icMRCI level and
combined with spin-orbit and other coupling curves. These PECs and
couplings are iteratively refined to match known empirical energy
levels. Accurate line intensities are generated using ab initio dipole
moment curves. The TOTO line lists are appropriate for temperatures
below 5000 K and contain 30 million transitions for ^{48}Ti^{16}O; it is
made available in electronic form via the CDS data centre and via
www.exomol.com. Tests of the line lists show greatly improved agreement
with observed spectra for objects such as M-dwarfs GJ876 and GL581.
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