KS
Potassium sulfide, X 2Πi
Species tag 071506
Version1*
Date of EntryAug. 2018
ContributorH. S. P. Müller

The experimental transition frequencies were published by
(1) J. Xin and L. M. Ziurys, 1998, Astrophys. J. 495, L119.
The present parameters are very similar to the ones reported there. 39K hyperfine splitting was not resolved; it is probably negligible for observations of late-type stars. Calculated transition frequencies of the lower energy Π3/2 spin component may be reliable throughout. Those in the higher energy Π1/2 component should be viewed with caution above 500 GHz, especially for the higher frequency f component.
July 2025: the reference was corrected. The dipole moment was taken from an ab initio calculation by
(2) H. S. P. Müller, 2018, unpublished.

Lines Listed320
Frequency / GHz< 811
Max. J114
log STR0-5.0
log STR1-3.0
Isotope Corr. 
Egy / cm–10.0
 µa / D11.3
 µb / D 
 µc / D 
 A / MHz 
 B / MHz3626.35
 C / MHz 
 Q(500.0)8219.2113
 Q(300.0)4284.9748
 Q(225.0)2978.1582
 Q(150.0)1828.9103
 Q(75.00)869.8294
 Q(37.50)435.2306
 Q(18.75)219.4232
 Q(9.375)111.5713
detected in ISM/CSMno


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