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<ri:Resource created="2026-08-13T10:21:31Z" status="active" updated="2026-08-13T09:22:20Z" version="1.2" xmlns:ri="http://www.ivoa.net/xml/RegistryInterface/v1.0" xmlns:vr="http://www.ivoa.net/xml/VOResource/v1.0" xmlns:vs="http://www.ivoa.net/xml/VODataService/v1.1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.ivoa.net/xml/VOResource/v1.0 http://vo.ari.uni-heidelberg.de/docs/schemata/VOResource.xsd http://www.ivoa.net/xml/VODataService/v1.1 http://vo.ari.uni-heidelberg.de/docs/schemata/VODataService.xsd" xsi:type="vs:CatalogService"><title>Collisional dynamics of NC_4_NH^+^ with H_2_</title><shortName>J/MNRAS/546/F205</shortName><identifier>ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/546/F2055</identifier><curation><publisher ivo-id="ivo://CDS">CDS</publisher><creator><name>Chahal P.</name></creator><creator><name>Kumar T.J.D.</name></creator><date role="Updated">2026-08-13T09:22:20Z</date><date role="Created">2026-08-13T10:21:31Z</date><contact><name>CDS support team</name><address>CDS, Observatoire de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l'Universite, F-67000 Strasbourg, France</address><email>cds-question@unistra.fr</email></contact></curation><content><subject>atomic-physics</subject><subject>interstellar-medium</subject><description>The present work explores the quantum dynamics of protonated dicyanoacetylene (NC_4_NH^+^) in collision with both para- and ortho-H_2_ over the temperature range 1-100K. Such low-temperature collisions help determine the state-to-state rate coefficients for the rotational transitions of NC_4_NH^+^, a recently detected species in TMC-1. To study these collisions, a four-dimensional (4D) ab initio potential energy surface (PES) for the NC_4_NH^+^-H_2_ system was developed using the CCSD(T)-F12b method with an augmented triple-zeta basis set under the rigid-rotor approximation. The PES was then augmented through a neural network (NN) fitting approach to get the dense data. It was further expanded in bispherical harmonics, for the radial coefficients to be expressed in analytical form. Based on these radial coefficients, state-to-state cross sections and rate coefficients were calculated using the exact close-coupling method for the rotational states considering to both para- and ortho-H_2_.</description><source format="bibcode">2026MNRAS.546f2055C</source><referenceURL>https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/MNRAS/546/F2055</referenceURL><type>Catalog</type><contentLevel>Research</contentLevel><relationship><relationshipType>IsServedBy</relationshipType><relatedResource ivo-id="ivo://CDS.VizieR/TAP">TAP VizieR generic service</relatedResource></relationship></content><rights>https://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.html</rights><capability><interface xsi:type="vr:WebBrowser"><accessURL use="full">https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/546/F2055</accessURL><mirrorURL title="VizieR at IUCAA: Pune, India">https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/546/F2055</mirrorURL><mirrorURL title="VizieR at SAAO: SAAO, South Africa">http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/546/F2055</mirrorURL></interface></capability><capability><interface xsi:type="vs:ParamHTTP"><accessURL use="base">https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/MNRAS/546/F2055</accessURL><mirrorURL title="VizieR at IUCAA: Pune, India">https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/MNRAS/546/F2055</mirrorURL><mirrorURL title="VizieR at SAAO: SAAO, South Africa">http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/MNRAS/546/F2055</mirrorURL><queryType>GET</queryType><resultType>text/xml+votable</resultType></interface></capability><capability standardID="ivo://ivoa.net/std/TAP#aux"><interface xsi:type="vs:ParamHTTP" role="std"><accessURL use="base">https://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tap</accessURL></interface></capability><coverage><footprint ivo-id="ivo://ivoa.net/std/moc"/></coverage><tableset><schema><name>default</name><table><name>J/MNRAS/546/F2055/pes</name><description>Potential energy surface (PES) data for the collision of NC_4_NH^+^ with H_2_</description><column><name>recno</name><description>Record number assigned by the VizieR team. 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