Ground and airborne observations of interstellar hydrides: news results from APEX and SOPHIA

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/59136

Title: Ground and airborne observations of interstellar hydrides: news results from APEX and SOPHIA
Author(s): Wyrowski, Friedrich
Issue Date: 2014-06-17
Keyword(s): Mini-symposium: Astronomical Molecular Spectroscopy in the Age of ALMA
Abstract: Hydrides are key ingredients of interstellar chemistry since they are the initial products of chemical networks that lead to the formation of more complex molecules. The fundamental rotational transitions of light hydrides fall into the submillimeter wavelength range and are therefore difficult to observe from the ground. Here we report on new observation of hydrides using the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment telescope (APEX) at the excellent Chajnantor site at 5100m altitude and the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). Detections of SH,\chem{SH^+}, \chem{H_2O}, OH, \chem{OH^+}, \chem{NH_2}, \chem{NH_3} in diffuse clouds and the envelopes of star forming regions will be discussed.
Publisher: International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy
Type of Resource: text
Language: en
Permalink: http://hdl.handle.net/2142/59136
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15278/isms.2014.TF14
Copyright and License Information: Copyright 2014 by the authors. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/