The magnesium paradigm in IRC+ 10216: discovery of MgC4H+, MgC3N+, MgC6H+, and MgC5N+

J Cernicharo, C Cabezas, JR Pardo… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
We found four series of harmonically related lines in IRC+ 10216 with the Yebes 40 m and
IRAM 30 m telescopes. The first series corresponds to a molecule with a rotational constant …

Laboratory and astronomical discovery of magnesium dicarbide, MgC2

PB Changala, H Gupta, J Cernicharo… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the detection of magnesium dicarbide, MgC 2, in the laboratory at centimeter
wavelengths and assign 24 MgC 2, 25 MgC 2, and 26 MgC 2 to 14 unidentified lines in the …

Discovery of two metallic cyanoacetylides in IRC+ 10216: HMgCCCN and NaCCCN

C Cabezas, JR Pardo, M Agúndez, B Tercero… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
We report on the detection of a series of six lines in the ultra-deep Q-band integration
towards IRC+ 10216 carried out with the Yebes 40 m telescope, which are in harmonic …

ATOMIUM: Molecular inventory of 17 oxygen-rich evolved stars observed with ALMA

SHJ Wallström, T Danilovich, HSP Müller… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Context. The dusty winds of cool evolved stars are a major contributor of the newly
synthesised material enriching the Galaxy and future generations of stars. However, the …

A new heavy anion in IRC+ 10216: Theory favors C10H− versus C9N−

JR Pardo, C Cabezas, M Agúndez, B Tercero… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Continuing Q-band (31–50 GHz) integrations on IRC+ 10216 with the Yebes 40 m telescope
have now reached sub-millikelvin noise with hundreds of new lines arising above an …

Internal and external alignment of carbonaceous grains within the radiative torque paradigm

T Hoang, VHM Phan - The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We study the internal and external alignment of carbonaceous grains in the interstellar
medium (ISM) within the Radiative Torque (RAT) paradigm. For internal alignment (IA), we …

Protonated acetylene in the z= 0.89 molecular absorber toward PKS 1830-211

S Muller, R Le Gal, E Roueff, JH Black, A Faure… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
We report the first interstellar identification of protonated acetylene, C 2 H 3+, a fundamental
hydrocarbon, in the z= 0.89 molecular absorber toward the gravitationally lensed quasar …

Carbon-chain chemistry in the interstellar medium

K Taniguchi, P Gorai, JC Tan - Astrophysics and Space Science, 2024 - Springer
The presence of carbon-chain molecules in the interstellar medium (ISM) has been known
since the early 1970s and> 130 such species have been identified to date, making up∼ …

A 3 mm molecular line survey toward the C-star envelope CIT 6

K Yang, Y Zhang, J Qiu, Y Ao, X Li - Publications of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We present an unbiased molecular line survey toward the carbon-rich circumstellar
envelope CIT 6 carried out between 90 and 116 GHz with the Arizona Radio Observatory 12 …

CN and CCH derivatives of ethylene and ethane: Confirmation of the detection of CH3CH2CCH in TMC-1

J Cernicharo, B Tercero, M Agúndez… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
We present a study of CH 3 CH 2 CCH, CH 3 CH 2 CN, CH 2 CHCCH, and CH 2 CHCN in
TMC-1 using the QUIJOTE line survey. We confirm the presence of CH 3 CH 2 CCH in TMC …