Accurate Infrared Line Lists for 20 Isotopologues of CS2 at Room Temperature

Abstract

To facilitate atmospheric and spectroscopic studies of carbon disulfide, or CS₂, in both planetary and exoplanetary atmospheres, we adopt the “Best Theory + Reliable High-resolution Experiment” algorithm to generate semiempirical IR line lists for the 20 most abundant CS₂ isotopologues, denoted as Ames-296K. The IR lists are computed using the Ames-1 potential energy surface, refined using the experimental transition set and an ab initio dipole moment surface fitted from CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pV(T/Q/5+d)Z dipoles extrapolated to a one-particle basis set limit. The IR lists cover the range of 0–10,000 cm⁻¹, with an S _296K cutoff at 10⁻³¹ cm⁻¹/molecule·cm⁻² (abundance included). A “natural” IR line list at 296 K includes about 10 million lines of the 20 isotopologues, with their intensities scaled by the corresponding abundances. The zero-point energy, partition functions, and abundances are reported for each isotopologue. The energy levels in the global effective Hamiltonian model for ¹²C³²S₂ are adopted to improve the line position accuracy. This new IR list for the main isotopologue is denoted as A+I.296K. Reliable HITRAN2020 line positions are also utilized to improve the accuracy of the ³²S¹²C³⁴S, ³²S¹²C³³S, and ³²S¹³C³²S isotopologue line lists. The final composite line list is validated against Pacific Northwest National Laboratory experimental cross sections, showing excellent agreement. The agreement supports the quality of the composite line list and the power of synergy between experiment and theory. The new data are proposed for use in updating and expanding the CS₂ data in HITRAN and other high-resolution IR databases. Supplementary files are available in Zenodo and AHED.