Radio search for interstellar phosphorus compounds

Journal Article · Wed Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1980 · Astrophys. J.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1086/158327· OSTI ID:6684756

Hollis, J M; Snyder, L E; Lovas, F J; Ulich, B L

The J=1--0 and 3--2 transitions of phosphorus nitride, PN, with resolvable hyperfine components at 46.99 GHz and blended components at 140.97 GHz, and transitions of phosphine, PH/sub 3/, at 47.39 and 46.94 GHz, arising from a small induced dipole moment, have been searched for but not found in interstellar molecular clouds. The J=3/2--1/2, F=3/2--3/2 transition of nitric oxide, NO, and the J/sub K/-K+=16/sub 4,12/15/sub 5,11/ transition of sulfur dioxide, SO/sub 2/, have been detected in Orion and Sagittarius B2. An unidentified emission line, U140921.8 MHz, has been observed in IRC+10216.

• Research Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory
• OSTI ID: 6684756
• Journal Information: Astrophys. J.; (United States), Journal Name: Astrophys. J.; (United States) Vol. 241:1; ISSN ASJOA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMISTRY
COSMIC RADIO SOURCES
COSMOCHEMISTRY
DATA
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
EMISSION SPECTRA
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
INFORMATION
INTERSTELLAR SPACE
NITRIC OXIDE
NITRIDES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
NUMERICAL DATA
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHOSPHINES
PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
PHOSPHORUS NITRIDES
PNICTIDES
RADIATIONS
RADIOWAVE RADIATION
SPACE
SPECTRA
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES