13CO
Carbon Monoxide, 13C isotopolog
Species tag 029501
Version3*
Date of EntryMar. 2025
ContributorH. S. P. Müller

The initial experimental measurements were taken from
(1) G. Klapper, F. Lewen, R. Gendriesch, S. P. Belov, and G. Winnewisser 2000, J. Mol. Spectrosc., 201, 124
;
covering J" = 0 – 8 and 16 and 17. Transitions up to J" = 5 display resolved 13C hyperfine structure (HFS) splitting. The higher frequency transitions (> 2 THz; J" = 18, 24, 25, 27, 29) from
(2) L. R. Zink, P. Natale, F. S. Pavone, M. Prevedelli, K. M. Evenson, and M. Inguscio, 1990, J. Mol. Spectrosc., 143, 304
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were also used in the fit.
With respect to the first entry from April 2000, more accurate low-J data (up to 4 – 3 near 441 GHz) were included which come from
(3) G. Cazzoli, C. Puzzarini, and A. V. Lpinov, 2004, Astrophys. J., 611, 615
,
replacing the corresponding data from (1). With respect to the second entry from Nov 2006, J" = 22 and 23 frequencies were added from
(4) J. C. Pearson, B. J. Drouin, A. Maestrini, I. Mehdi, J. Ward, R. H. Lin, S. Yu, J. J. Gill, B. Thomas, C. Lee, G. Chattopadhyay, E. Schlecht, F. W. Maiwald, P. F. Goldsmith, and P. Siegel, 2011, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 82, Art. No. 093105.
The transition frequencies should be quite reliable up to about 4 THz. Great caution is advised above 5 THz. Please note that the partition function still only refers to the ground vibrational state.
The HFS splitting caused by the 13C nucleus may be relevant in quiescent sources for low values of J. Therefore, a separate hyperfine calculation is provided for J" up to 2. NOTE: The partition function does take into account the spin multiplicity of the 13C nucleus !
The dipole moment and its centrifugal distortion corrections were taken from
(5) D. Goorvitch 1994, Astrophys. J. Suppl. 95, 535.

Lines Listed67
Frequency / GHz< 7200
Max. J67
log STR0-20.0
log STR1-20.0
Isotope Corr. 
Egy / (cm–1)0.0
 µa / D0.11046
 µb / D 
 µc / D 
 A / MHz 
 B / MHz55101.013
 C / MHz 
 Q(500.0)379.2561
 Q(300.0)227.7162
 Q(225.0)170.9250
 Q(150.0)114.1539
 Q(75.00)57.4040
 Q(37.50)29.0401
 Q(18.75)14.8673
 Q(9.375)7.7970
 Q(5.000)4.5270
 Q(2.725)2.8912
detected in ISM/CSMyes


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