Formaldehyde (H2CO) and methanol (CH3OH) have served as traditional tracers of the star formation process for decades. Studies of the environments which produce these species, though, have pointed to significant […]
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An ALCHEMI Inspection of Sulphur-bearing Species Towards the Central Molecular Zone of NGC 253
Sulphur-bearing species are detected in various environments within Galactic star-forming regions and are particularly abundant in the gas phase of outflows and shocks, and photo-dissociation regions.