Organic astrochemistry: Observations of interstellar ketene

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 310, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 181-188

  Ruiterkamp, R ^a   Charnley, S B ^b   Butner, H M ^c   Huang, H C ^d   Rodgers, S D ^b   Kuan, Y J ^d,e   Ehrenfreund, P ^f  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^f LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Astrochemistry; ISM: abundances; ISM: clouds; ISM: molecules; Stars: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547912952     PISSN: 0004640X     EISSN: 1572946X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10509-007-9493-9     Document Type: Article

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