Newly Detected Molecules in Dense Interstellar Clouds
Abstract
Several new interstellar molecules have been identified including C2S, C3S, C5H, C6H and (probably) HC2CHO in the cold, dark cloud TMC-1; and the discovery of the first interstellar phosphorus-containing molecule, PN, in the Orion "plateau" source. Further results include the observations of 13C3H2 and C3HD, and the first detection of HCOOH (formic acid) in a cold cloud.
- Publication:
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Astrophysical Letters and Communications
- Pub Date:
- 1988
- Bibcode:
- 1988ApL&C..26..167I
- Keywords:
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- Interstellar Chemistry;
- Molecular Clouds;
- Spectrum Analysis;
- Carbon Compounds;
- Hydrocarbons;
- Organic Compounds;
- Oxygen Compounds;
- Phosphorus Compounds;
- Sulfur Compounds;
- Astrophysics