Methods for detection of families of molecules in the interstellar medium

Langston, Glen

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Title

Methods for detection of families of molecules in the interstellar medium

Author(s)

Langston, Glen

Issue Date

2014-06-18

Keyword(s)

Mini-symposium: Astronomical Molecular Spectroscopy in the Age of ALMA

Date of Ingest

• 2014-11-21T22:31:35Z
• 2015-04-14T18:41:14Z

Abstract

We present a high velocity resolution (0.04 km/sec) molecular line survey of the Taurus Molecular Cloud in the frequency range 39 to 48 GHz with NSF’s Robert C. Byrd Green Bank telescope (GBT). \begin{wrapfigure}{l}{0pt} \includegraphics[width=4.3in]{SpectroscopyHC7N.eps} \end{wrapfigure} The observing method and data reduction process are outlined. We describe the method of obtaining the calibrated, averaged spectral line data online. The RMS survey sensitivity was slightly different for each 200MHz frequency band, and ranged from 0.02 to 0.15 K ($T_B$) for the different bands. A large number of molecular lines are detected, most of which have previously been associated with already known interstellar molecules. We present a summary processes to combine a number of lines of molecular species in order to identify new species.

Publisher

International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy

Type of Resource

text

Genre of Resource

Conference Paper / Presentation

Language

en

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/55876

DOI

https://doi.org/10.15278/isms.2014.WF14

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Copyright 2014 by the authors. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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