Tentative Identification of U93.174 as the Molecular Ion N2H^{+}
Abstract
On the basis of a consideration of the rotation constant and the hyperfine structure together with the results of an ab initio structural calculation it is suggested that the three closely space new interstellar lines near 93.174 GHz reported by Turner (1974) might have been produced by the molecular ion N2H(+). It is pointed out that the identification of N2H(+) is reasonable also in terms of current ideas of interstellar chemistry.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- October 1974
- DOI:
- 10.1086/181639
- Bibcode:
- 1974ApJ...193L..89G
- Keywords:
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- Hyperfine Structure;
- Interstellar Matter;
- Line Spectra;
- Microwave Spectra;
- Molecular Ions;
- Nitrogen Hydrides;
- Extremely High Frequencies;
- Millimeter Waves;
- Molecular Rotation;
- Molecular Spectra;
- Radio Astronomy;
- Astrophysics