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Radio Emission from Interstellar Hydrogen Cyanide and X-ogen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

Lewis E. Snyder  and
David Buhl
Lewis E. Snyder
Affiliation:
University of Virginia
David Buhl
Affiliation:
National Radio Astronomy Observatory*

Abstract

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Radio emission spectra from the J = 1−0 transition of H12C14N and H13C14N, two molecular isotopes of hydrogen cyanide, have been detected at 88.6 and 86.3 GHz, respectively. In addition, an emission signal from a new and unidentified interstellar molecule was detected at 89.2 GHz. The new molecule temporarily has been named ‘X-ogen’ until its chemical identity can be determined. X-ogen has been detected in several regions and may be as common as hydrogen cyanide in the Galaxy.

Type
III. Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 2: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XIVth General Assembly of the IAU, 1970 , 1971 , pp. 407 - 412
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1971

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