Spectroscopic characterization and detection of Ethyl Mercaptan in Orion

Abstract

New laboratory data of ethyl mercaptan, CH${}_3$CH${}_2$SH, in the millimeter and submillimeter-wave domains (up to 880 GHz) provided very precise values of the spectroscopic constants that allowed the detection of $gauche$-CH${}_3$CH${}_2$SH towards Orion KL. 77 unblended or slightly blended lines plus no missing transitions in the range 80-280 GHz support this identification. A detection of methyl mercaptan, CH${}_3$SH, in the spectral survey of Orion KL is reported as well. Our column density results indicate that methyl mercaptan is $\simeq$ 5 times more abundant than ethyl mercaptan in the hot core of Orion KL.

Accepted for publication in ApJL (30 January 2014)/ submitted (8 January 2014)

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