@Article{C8CP01102H,
author ="McGuire, Brett A. and Martin-Drumel, Marie-Aline and Lee, Kin Long Kelvin and Stanton, John F. and Gottlieb, Carl A. and McCarthy, Michael C.",
title  ="Vibrational satellites of C2S{,} C3S{,} and C4S: microwave spectral taxonomy as a stepping stone to the millimeter-wave band",
journal  ="Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.",
year  ="2018",
volume  ="20",
issue  ="20",
pages  ="13870-13889",
publisher  ="The Royal Society of Chemistry",
doi  ="10.1039/C8CP01102H",
url  ="http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8CP01102H",
abstract  ="We present a microwave spectral taxonomy study of several hydrocarbon/CS2 discharge mixtures in which more than 60 distinct chemical species{,} their more abundant isotopic species{,} and/or their vibrationally excited states were detected using chirped-pulse and cavity Fourier-transform microwave spectroscopies. Taken together{,} in excess of 85 unique variants were detected{,} including several new isotopic species and more than 25 new vibrationally excited states of C2S{,} C3S{,} and C4S{,} which have been assigned on the basis of published vibration-rotation interaction constants for C3S{,} or newly calculated ones for C2S and C4S. On the basis of these precise{,} low-frequency measurements{,} several vibrationally exited states of C2S and C3S were subsequently identified in archival millimeter-wave data in the 253-280 GHz frequency range{,} ultimately providing highly accurate catalogs for astronomical searches. As part of this work{,} formation pathways of the two smaller carbon-sulfur chains were investigated using 13C isotopic spectroscopy{,} as was their vibrational excitation. The present study illustrates the utility of microwave spectral taxonomy as a tool for complex mixture analysis{,} and as a powerful and convenient {'}stepping stone{'} to higher frequency measurements in the millimeter and submillimeter bands."}