Identification of phosphorus monoxide (x2iir) in vy canis majoris: Detection of the first pio bond in space

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 666, Issue 1 PART 2, 2007, Pages

  Tenenbaum, E D ^a,b   Woolf, N J ^a   Ziurys, L M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Astrochemistry; Circumstellar matter; ISM: Molecules; Radio lines: Stars; Stars: Individual (VY Canis Majoris)

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349088377     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/521361     Document Type: Article

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