Interstellar ices as a source of CN-bearing molecules in protoplanetary disks

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 157-165

  Whittet, D C B ^a   Gibb, E L ^a   Nummelin, A ^a  

^a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanogen; Interstellar molecules; Protoplanetary disks; Protostars

Indexed keywords

CYANOGEN; ICE; NITRILE;

ICE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PLANETESIMAL; SOLAR SYSTEM;

ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FORECASTING; MICROCLIMATE;

EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; FORECASTING; ICE; METEOROIDS; NITRILES; SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 0035109225     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006799906901     Document Type: Conference Paper

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