Microwave Detection of Interstellar Formic Acid
Abstract
An emission line has been observed in the direction of the continuum source Sgr B2, and identified with the lu-ho transition of interstellar formic acid at 1638.805 MHz. This is the first organic acid detected in interstellar space.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- January 1971
- DOI:
- 10.1086/180663
- Bibcode:
- 1971ApJ...163L..41Z