P. Bryan Changala , Nadav Genossar-Dan , Joshua H. Baraban , Michael C. McCarthy
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Abstract
Recent advances in circumstellar metal chemistry and laser-coolable molecules have spurred interest in the spectroscopy and electronic properties of alkaline earth metal-bearing polyatomic molecules. We report the microwave rotational spectra of two members of this important chemical family, the linear magnesium-carbon chains MgCH and MgCN, detected with cavity Fourier transform microwave spectroscopy of a laser ablation-electric discharge expansion. The rotation, fine, and hyperfine parameters have been derived from the precise laboratory rest frequencies. These experimental results, combined with a theoretical quantum chemical analysis, confirm the recent identification of MgCH and MgCN in the circumstellar envelope of the evolved carbon-rich star IRC+10216. The spectroscopic data also provide insight into the structural and electronic properties that influence the metal-based optical cycling center in this unique class of laser-coolable polyatomics.
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