New section of the HITRAN database: Collision-induced absorption (CIA)
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Authors
Richard, C.
Gordon, I.E.
Rothman, L.S.
Abel, M.
Frommhold, L.
Gustafsson, M.
Hartmann, J.-M.
Hermans, C.
Lafferty, W.J.
Orton, G.S.
Smith, K.M.
Tran, H.
Discipline
Earth and related Environmental sciences
Subject
Atmospheric absorption
Brown dwarfs
Collision-induced absorption
Cool whites
Extended range
Extra solar planets
HITRAN
HITRAN database
Main sequence stars
Molecular pairs
Overtone bands
Planetary atmosphere
Spectral data
Stellar atmospheres
Carbon dioxide
Molecules
Stars
absorption
astrophysics
database
planetary atmosphere
temperature
Audience
Scientific
Date
2012Metadata
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This paper describes the addition of Collision-Induced Absorption (CIA) into the HITRAN compilation. The data from different experimental and theoretical sources have been cast into a consistent format and formalism. The implementation of these new spectral data into the HITRAN database is invaluable for modeling and interpreting spectra of telluric and other planetary atmospheres as well as stellar atmospheres. In this implementation for HITRAN, CIAs of N 2, H 2, O 2, CO 2, and CH 4 due to various collisionally interacting atoms or molecules are presented. Some CIA spectra are given over an extended range of frequencies, including several H 2 overtone bands that are dipole-forbidden in the non-interacting molecules. Temperatures from tens to thousands of Kelvin are considered, as required, for example, in astrophysical analyses of objects, including cool white dwarfs, brown dwarfs, M dwarfs, cool main sequence stars, solar and extra-solar planets, and the formation of so-called first stars.
Citation
Richard, C.; Gordon, I.E.; Rothman, L.S.; Abel, M.; Frommhold, L.; Gustafsson, M.; Hartmann, J.-M.; Hermans, C.; Lafferty, W.J.; Orton, G.S.; Smith, K.M.; Tran, H. (2012). New section of the HITRAN database: Collision-induced absorption (CIA). , Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, Vol. 113, Issue 11, 1276-1285, DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2011.11.004.Identifiers
scopus: 2-s2.0-84860917852
Type
Article
Peer-Review
Yes
Language
eng