\begin{table}%t1 %\centering \par \caption{\label{det-parameter}Experimentally determined spectroscopic parameters$^a$ (cm$^{-1}$, MHz) of methylidynium, $^{12}$CH$^+$ in its $X\ ^1\Sigma ^+$ and $A\ ^1\Pi$ electronic states from a global fit involving four isotopologs.} \begin{tabular}[t]{lc} \hline \hline Parameter & \multicolumn{1}{c}{Value} \\ \hline\noalign{\smallskip} \multicolumn{2}{c}{$X\ ^1\Sigma ^+$} \\ \hline $U_{10} \mu ^{-1/2}$ & 2~860.387~(22) \\ $U_{10} \mu ^{-1/2}{\it \Delta} ^{\rm C} _{10} m_{\rm e}/M_{\rm C}$ & $-$0.147~(18) \\ $U_{10} \mu ^{-1/2}{\it \Delta} ^{\rm H} _{10} m_{\rm e}/M_{\rm H}$ & $-$2.672~(13) \\ $U_{20} \mu ^{-1}$ & $-$59.369~7~(61) \\ $U_{20} \mu ^{-1}{\it \Delta} ^{\rm H} _{20} m_{\rm e}/M_{\rm H}$ & 0.051~0~(62) \\ $Y_{30}$ & 0.225~46~(106) \\ $U_{01} \mu ^{-1}$ & 427~360.68~(121) \\ $U_{01} \mu ^{-1}{\it \Delta} ^{\rm C} _{01} m_{\rm e}/M_{\rm C}$ & $-$155.80~(21) \\ $U_{01} \mu ^{-1}{\it \Delta} ^{\rm H} _{01} m_{\rm e}/M_{\rm H}$ & $-$2~146.22~(177) \\ $U_{11} \mu ^{-3/2}$ & $-$14~917.7~(57) \\ $U_{11} \mu ^{-3/2}{\it \Delta} ^{\rm H} _{11} m_{\rm e}/M_{\rm H}$ & 58.6~(27) \\ $Y_{21}$ & 91.8~(41) \\ $Y_{31}$ & $-$3.84~(66) \\ $U_{02} \mu ^{-2}$ & $-$42.468~(21) \\ $U_{02} \mu ^{-2}{\it \Delta} ^{\rm H} _{02} m_{\rm e}/M_{\rm H}$ & 0.563~(20) \\ $Y_{12}$ & 0.960~(34) \\ $Y_{22}$ & $-$0.045~(10) \\ $Y_{03} \times 10^3$ & 4.264~(86) \\ $Y_{13} \times 10^3$ & $-$0.726~(53) \\ $Y_{04} \times 10^6$\tablefootmark{c} & $-$0.4 \\ $C(^{13}$C) & 1.091~(28) \\ \hline\noalign{\smallskip} \multicolumn{2}{c}{$A\ ^1\Pi$} \\ \hline $U_{00}$(H)\tablefootmark{b} & 23~639.326~(23) \\ $U_{00}{\it \Delta} ^{\rm C} _{10} m_{\rm e}/M_{\rm C}$(H)\tablefootmark{b} & $-$19.620~(24) \\ $U_{00}$(D)\tablefootmark{b} & 23~786.537~(24) \\ $U_{00}{\it \Delta} ^{\rm C} _{10} m_{\rm e}/M_{\rm C}$(D)\tablefootmark{b} & $-$26.436~(26) \\ $U_{10} \mu _c^{-1/2}$(H) & 1~864.379~(14) \\ $U_{10} \mu _c^{-1/2}{\it \Delta} ^{\rm C} _{10} m_{\rm e}/M_{\rm C}$(H) & 0.106~(12) \\ $U_{10} \mu _c^{-1/2}$(D) & 1~367.473~(17) \\ $U_{10} \mu _c^{-1/2}{\it \Delta} ^{\rm C} _{10} m_{\rm e}/M_{\rm C}$(D) & $-$0.180~(19) \\ $Y_{20}$(H) & $-$115.884~7~(48) \\ $Y_{20}$(D) & $-$60.815~4~(47) \\ $Y_{30}$(H) & 2.639~48~(85) \\ $Y_{30}$(D) & 0.776~92~(78) \\ $U_{01} \mu _c^{-1}$ & 356~717.5~(63) \\ $U_{01} \mu _c^{-1}{\it \Delta} ^{\rm C} _{01} m_{\rm e}/M_{\rm C}$ & $-$9.2~(53) \\ $U_{01} \mu _c^{-1}{\it \Delta} ^{\rm H} _{01} m_{\rm e}/M_{\rm H}$ & $-$316.4~(24) \\ $U_{11} \mu _c^{-3/2}$ & $-$27~562.7~(70) \\ $U_{11} \mu _c^{-3/2}{\it \Delta} ^{\rm H} _{11} m_{\rm e}/M_{\rm H}$ & 24.06~(147) \\ $Y_{21}$ & $-$634.8~(49) \\ $Y_{31}$ & 137.76~(95) \\ $Y_{02}$ & $-$58.166~(26) \\ $Y_{12}$ & $-$2.502~(61) \\ $Y_{22}$ & $-$0.252~(44) \\ $Y_{32}$ & 0.149~3~(87) \\ $Y_{03} \times 10^3$ & $-$0.876~(84) \\ $Y_{13} \times 10^3$ & $-$0.911~(63) \\ $q_{00}$ & 1~234.25~(108) \\ $q_{10}$ & $-$96.53~(82) \\ $q_{01}$ & $-$0.643~6~(98) \\ $q_{11}$ & $-$0.020~3~(79) \\ \hline \end{tabular} \tablefoot{\tablefoottext{a}{The vibrational parameters $Y_{i0}$ as well as related parameters are given in cm$^{-1}$; all other $Y_{ij}$ as well as related parameters are given in MHz. Numbers in parentheses are one standard deviation in units of the least significant figures.} \tablefoottext{b}{Determined with respect to the lowest allowed energy levels of each electronic state.} \tablefoottext{c}{Estimated, see text.}} \end{table}