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ExoMol line lists -- LI. Molecular line list for lithium hydroxide (LiOH)

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2023-08-09 v1 Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Astrophysics of Galaxies Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

Abstract

A new molecular line list for lithium hydroxide (7^{7}Li16^{16}O1^{1}H) covering wavelengths λ>1μ\lambda > 1 \mum (the 0-10000 cm1^{-1} range) is presented. The OYT7 line list contains over 331 million transitions between rotation-vibration energy levels with total angular momentum up to J=95J=95 and is applicable for temperatures up to T3500T\approx 3500 K. Line list calculations are based on a previously published, high-level \textit{ab initio} potential energy surface and a newly computed dipole moment surface of the ground X~1Σ+\tilde{X}\,^1\Sigma^+ electronic state. Lithium-containing molecules are important in a variety of stellar objects and there is potential for LiOH to be observed in the atmospheres of exoplanets. This work provides the first, comprehensive line list of LiOH and will facilitate its future molecular detection. The OYT7 line list along with the associated temperature- and pressure-dependent opacities can be downloaded from the ExoMol database at www.exomol.com and the CDS astronomical database.

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@article{arxiv.2308.03941,
  title  = {ExoMol line lists -- LI. Molecular line list for lithium hydroxide (LiOH)},
  author = {Alec Owens and Sam O. M. Wright and Yakiv Pavlenko and Alexander Mitrushchenkov and Jacek Koput and Sergei N. Yurchenko and Jonathan Tennyson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.03941},
  year   = {2023}
}