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Basecol2023 Scientific Content, Dmitri Babikov
Basecol2023 Scientific Content, Dmitri Babikov
Chemistry Faculty Research and Publications
Context. The global context of making numerous data produced by researchers available requires collecting and organising the data, assigning meaningful metadata, and presenting the data in a meaningful and homogeneous way. The BASECOL database, which collects inelastic rate coefficients for application to the interstellar medium and to circumstellar and cometary atmospheres, meets those requirements.
Aims. We aim to present the scientific content of the BASECOL2023 edition.
Methods. While the previous versions relied on finding rate coefficients in the literature, the current version is populated with published results sent by the producers of data. The paper presents the …
On The Electronic Spectroscopy Of Closed Shell Cations Derived From Resonance Stabilized Radicals: Insights From Theory And Franck-Condon Analysis, T. P. Troy, S. H. Kable, T. W. Schmidt, Scott Reid
On The Electronic Spectroscopy Of Closed Shell Cations Derived From Resonance Stabilized Radicals: Insights From Theory And Franck-Condon Analysis, T. P. Troy, S. H. Kable, T. W. Schmidt, Scott Reid
Chemistry Faculty Research and Publications
Context. Recent attention has been directed on closed-shell aromatic cations as potential carriers of the diffuse interstellar bands. The spectra of mass-selected, matrix-isolated benzylium, and tropylium cations were recently reported. The visible spectrum of benzylium exhibits a large Franck-Condon (FC) envelope, inconsistent with diffuse interstellar band carriers.
Aims. We perform a computational analysis of the experimentally studied benzylium spectrum before extending the methods to a range of larger, closed-shell aromatic cations to determine the potential for this class of systems as diffuse interstellar band carriers.
Methods. Density functional theory (DFT), time-dependent ((TD)DFT), and multi-configurational self-consistent field second-order perturbation theory (MRPT2) …