Multireference configuration interaction study of the predissociation of C$_{2}$ via its $F\,^1Π_u$ state
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2022
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Abstract
Photodissociation is one of the main destruction pathways for dicarbon
(C$_{2}$) in astronomical environments such as diffuse interstellar clouds, yet
the accuracy of modern astrochemical models is limited by a lack of accurate
photodissociation cross sections in the vacuum ultraviolet range. C$_{2}$
features a strong predissociative $F\,^1\Pi_u - X\,^1\Sigma_g^+$ electronic
transition near 130 nm originally measured in 1969; however, no experimental
studies of this transition have been carried out since, and theoretical studies
of the $F\,^1\Pi_u$ state are limited. In this work, potential energy curves of
excited electronic states of C$_{2}$ are calculated with the aim of describing
the predissociative nature of the $F\,^1\Pi_u$ state and providing new ab
initio photodissociation cross sections for astrochemical applications.
Accurate electronic calculations of 56 singlet, triplet, and quintet states are
carried out at the DW-SA-CASSCF/MRCI+Q level of theory with a CAS(8,12) active
space and the aug-cc-pV5Z basis set augmented with additional diffuse
functions. Photodissociation cross sections arising from the vibronic ground
state to the $F\,^1\Pi_u$ state are calculated by a coupled-channel model. The
total integrated cross section through the $F\,^1\Pi_u$ $v=0$ and $v=1$ bands
is 1.198$\times$10$^{-13} $cm$^2$cm$^{-1}$, giving rise to a photodissociation
rate of 5.02$\times$10$^{-10}$ s$^{-1}$ under the standard interstellar
radiation field, much larger than the rate in the Leiden photodissociation
database. In addition, we report a new $2\,^1\Sigma_u^+$ state that should be
detectable via a strong $2\,^1\Sigma_u^+-X\,^1\Sigma_g^+$ band around 116 nm.
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| Authors | Zhongxing Xu; S. R. Federman; William M. Jackson; Cheuk-Yiu Ng; Lee-Ping Wang; Kyle N. Crabtree |
| Journal | arXiv |
| Year | 2022 |
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