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The CH-3Σ+ Anion: Inelastic Rate Coefficients from Collisions with He at Interstellar Conditions

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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A
卷 127, 期 3, 页码 765-774

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c08021

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We conducted accurate ab initio calculations on a gas-phase system in the interstellar medium (ISM) which has been speculated but not yet observed. The study focuses on the collision dynamics between the molecular anion and He atoms and evaluates their potential energy surface (PES). Inelastic scattering cross sections and rate coefficients are computed, suggesting that collision-induced changes in the rotational state populations of this anion are inefficient, which may affect its observation through direct radiative emission in the microwave region.
We present accurate ab initio calculations on several properties of a gas-phase system of interest in the interstellar medium (ISM), where the title molecular anion has been often surmised but not yet confirmed by observations. The CH-3 sigma+ constitutes the smallest term in the series of longer anionic polyynes which have been observed in the ISM (e.g., C4H-and several others). Hence, its dynamical behavior in collision with He atoms, one of the most abundant atoms in that environment, can provide quantitative indicators on the changes which can occur in the rotational state population of the title anion when driven by this collision dynamics. We therefore report an accurate evaluation of the full potential energy surface (PES) which acts between the molecular anion in its ground vibrational state and the He atom. The relevant inelastic scattering cross sections and the corresponding inelastic rate coefficients are then computed within a quantum treatment of the collisions. We find that the fairly small values of the final inelastic rate coefficients indicate state-changing processes by collisions to be inefficient paths for modifying the rotational state populations of this anion and therefore to aid its possible observation from direct radiative emission in the microwave region.

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