IR band intensities of DC3N and HC315N: Implication for observations of Titan's atmosphere

We have obtained the infrared spectra and the corresponding absolute band intensities for two HC3N isotopomers: DC3N and HC315N. Our results for DC3N are in good agreement with previous measurements except for the ν2 and ν3 stretching modes. For HC315N, this study is the first including intensity measurements.We have also studied the possible detection of these isotopomers in Titan's atmosphere using the CIRS spectrograph onboard the Cassini spacecraft. Our simulation of the expected spectra shows that for a signal-to-noise ratio better than 100, the 15N isotopomer of HC3N could be detected. But, further study of HC3N hot bands are needed since some of them overlap the HC315N Q-branch.