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Detection of the heavy interstellar molecule cyanodiacetylene

Journal Article · · Astrophys. J., Lett.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1086/182117· OSTI ID:7359975
The J=4..-->..3 rotational emission line of cyanodiacetylene H-CequivalentC-CequivalentC-CequivalentN has been detected in Sgr B2. If the molecules are assumed to be in thermal equilibrium at a temperature of 30 K, a column density of 1.5 x 10/sup 4/ cm/sup -2/ is obtained. This observation provides further evidence that heavy polyatomic molecules exist in abundance in Sgr B2. (AIP)
Research Organization:
Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
OSTI ID:
7359975
Journal Information:
Astrophys. J., Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Astrophys. J., Lett.; (United States) Vol. 205:3; ISSN AJLEA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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