Free Access

Table 2

Ammonia infrared band parameters and excitation rates.

Vibrational band Frequency Aνa gνa at 1 AU Used
 [cm-1  [s-1  [s-1

ν1 3337 7.7 3.3 × 10-5 yes
ν2  ≈ 950 16.2 27.7 × 10-5 yes
2ν2  ≈ 1700 0.5 0.5 × 10-5 no
3ν2  ≈ 2600 0.1 0.05 × 10-5 no
ν1 + ν2 4315 1.6 0.5 × 10-5 no
ν3 3450 3.8 1.5 × 10-5 yes
ν4 1630 8.7 8.5 × 10-5 yes
ν2 + ν4 2600 0.02 0.01 × 10-5 no
ν3 + ν4 5000 15 3.7 × 10-5 yes
ν1 + ν4 4960 0.6 0.2 × 10-5 no
ν2 + ν3 4450 9 2.6 × 10-5 yes
2ν4 3240 2.7 0.4 × 10-5 no

Notes. 

(a)

“Band” (as defined in Crovisier & Encrenaz 1983) Einstein coefficients and total excitation rates (from GEISA database Jacquinet-Husson et al. 2008) computed at 40 K.

Current usage metrics show cumulative count of Article Views (full-text article views including HTML views, PDF and ePub downloads, according to the available data) and Abstracts Views on Vision4Press platform.

Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. The current usage metrics is available 48-96 hours after online publication and is updated daily on week days.

Initial download of the metrics may take a while.