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GOTHAM and ARKHAM: First results from programs to explore aromatic chemistry at the earliest stages of star formation

McGuire, Brett A.

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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)
Astrochemistry and astrobiology in the age of Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)
Date of Ingest
  • 2019-07-15T22:16:33Z
  • 2020-01-25T19:30:34Z
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
Genre of Resource
Conference Paper / Presentation
Language
eng
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/104271
DOI
https://doi.org/10.15278/isms.2019.WG08
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Copyright 2019 Brett A. McGuire

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