GOTHAM AND ARKHAM: FIRST RESULTS FROM PROGRAMS TO EXPLORE AROMATIC CHEMISTRY AT THE EARLIEST STAGES OF STAR FORMATION

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Title: GOTHAM AND ARKHAM: FIRST RESULTS FROM PROGRAMS TO EXPLORE AROMATIC CHEMISTRY AT THE EARLIEST STAGES OF STAR FORMATION
Author(s): McGuire, Brett A.
Contributor(s): McCarthy, Michael C; Remijan, Anthony ; Xue, Ci ; Willis, Eric R. ; Shingledecker, Christopher N; Kalenskii, Sergei ; Herbst, Eric ; Cordiner, Martin ; Charnley, Steven B; Loomis, Ryan ; Lee, Kelvin ; Burkhardt, Andrew M
Issue Date: 2019-06-19
Keyword(s): Mini-symposium: Astrochemistry and Astrobiology in the age of ALMA
Abstract: We will present an overview of the GOTHAM (GBT Observations of TMC-1: Hunting Aromatic Molecules) and ARKHAM (A Rigorous K-band Hunt for Aromatic Molecules) projects on the 100 m Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, and a number of first results. These observations, prompted by our earlier detection of benzonitrile (c-\chem{C_6H_5CN}) in TMC-1, are designed to probe the extent of hidden chemical complexity at the earliest stages of the star formation process. We will discuss the detections of new molecules in TMC-1, comment on the prospects for probing additional aromatic chemistry in this source, and examine the apparently widespread nature of benzonitrile through the early protostellar phase of star formation.
Publisher: International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy
Type of Resource: text
Language: English
Permalink: http://hdl.handle.net/2142/104271
DOI: 10.15278/isms.2019.WG08