Astronomical identification of CN-, the smallest observed molecular anion * **

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 517, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Agundez M ^a   Cernicharo, J ^b   Guelin M ^c   Kahane, C ^d   Roueff, E ^a   Klos J ^e   Aoiz, F J ^f   Lique, F ^g   Marcelino, N ^b   Goicoechea, J R ^b   Gonzalez Garcia M ^h   Gottlieb, C A ⁱ   McCarthy, M C ⁱ   Thaddeus, P ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^c IRAM   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

^e University of Maryland   (United States)

^f UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DU HAVRE   (France)

^h Institute de Radioastronomie Millimétrique IRAM Núcleo Central   (Spain)

ⁱ HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrochemistry; Circumstellar matter; Line: identification; Molecular processes; Stars: AGB and post AGB; Stars: individual: IRC +10216

Indexed keywords

CYANIDES; QUANTUM THEORY; STARS;

ASTROCHEMISTRY; ASTRONOMICAL DETECTION; ASTRONOMICAL SOURCES; CARBON ANIONS; CIRCUMSTELLAR MATTERS; EXCITATION MODELS; LINE PROFILES; LINE: IDENTIFICATION; MOLECULAR ANIONS; MOLECULAR PROCESSES - STARS; PARALLEL SEARCH; QUANTUM-MECHANICAL CALCULATION; ROTATIONAL TRANSITION; U-SHAPED;

NEGATIVE IONS;

EID: 77955204865     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015186     Document Type: Article

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