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[astro-ph.SR] Motivated by recent detections of several aromatic nitriles in Taurus Molecular Cloud-1, we report laboratory and theoretical investigations of the vibrational spectroscopy and photochemistry of singly and doubly cyano-substituted […]
Taurus Molecular Cloud-1
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How Do Organic Molecules Survive in Space?
The discovery of small polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules in interstellar clouds through radio astronomy and observations of infrared (IR) emission bands from PAHs with unprecedented sensitivity by the James […]
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Radiative Stabilization of the Indenyl Cation: Recurrent Fluorescence in a Closed-shell Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon
Several small polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) with closed-shell electronic structure have been identified in the cold, dark environment Taurus Molecular Cloud-1.
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Self‐Replication Without Hydrogen‐Bonds: An Exobiotic Design
Life on Earth uses DNA as the central template for self-replication, genetic encoding, and information transfer.
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High Spectral Resolution Observations of Propynal (HCCCHO) towards TMC-1 from the GOTHAM Large Program on the Green Bank Telescope
We used new high spectral resolution observations of propynal (HCCCHO) towards TMC-1 and in the laboratory to update the spectral line catalog available for transitions of HCCCHO – specifically at […]