MgC4H
Magnesium monodiacetylide, X 2Σ+
Species tag 073505
Version1*
Date of EntryOct. 2019
ContributorH. S. P. Müller

The astronomical lines have been reported by
(1) J. Cernicharo, C. Cabezas, J. R. Pardo, M. Agúndez, C. Bermúdez, L. Velilla-Prieto, F. Tercero, J. A. López-Pérez, J. D. Gallego, J. P. Fonfría, G. Quintana-Lacaci, M. Guélin, and Y. Endo 2019, Astron. Astrophys. 630, Art. No. L2.
For low N transitions hyperfine splitting due to the 1H nucleus may be resolvable. Predictions at lower frequencies should be viewed with some caution. The predictions should be quite reliable up to 150 GHz.
The dipole moment was taken from an ab initio calculation in (1).

Lines Listed216
Frequency / GHz< 300
Max. J118
log STR0-8.5
log STR1-4.0
Isotope Corr.-0.1127
Egy / cm–10.0
 µa / D2.12
 µb / D 
 µc / D 
 A / MHz 
 B / MHz1381.51
 C / MHz 
 Q(300.0)9054.5074
 Q(225.0)6790.2261
 Q(150.0)4526.4926
 Q(75.00)2263.3064
 Q(37.50)1131.9184
 Q(18.75)566.2758
 Q(9.375)283.4677
 Q(5.000)151.4941
 Q(2.725)82.8696
detected in ISM/CSMyes


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