Laboratory Optical Spectroscopy of Thiophenoxy Radical and Its Profile Simulation as a Diffuse Interstellar Band Based on Rotational Distribution by Radiation and Collisions

Mitsunori Araki, Kei Niwayama, Koichi Tsukiyama

The gas-phase optical absorption spectrum of a thiophenoxy radical (C6H5S), a diffuse interstellar band (DIB) candidate molecule, was observed in the discharge of thiophenol using…