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Collisional excitation of E- and Z-ethanimine to model cold molecular clouds
Francesca Tonolo, Vivek Vijay, Ernesto Quintas-Sánchez +5
Context. Ethanimine is a prebiotically relevant complex organic molecule that has been proposed as a key precursor of amino acids in the interstellar medium. To date, both its E an…
Quantum and Structural Effects Captured via a Statistical Method: the SACM Applied to HCN and HNC Colliding with CO
F. Tonolo, E. Quintas-Sánchez, A. Batista-Planas +2
This work spotlights the Statistical Adiabatic Channel Model as an efficient and accurate method for deriving low temperature (de)-excitation rate coefficients for collisions induc…
Ab initio Calculations for Astrochemistry
Francesca Tonolo, Silvia Alessandrini
Computational chemistry plays a relevant role in many astrochemical research fields, either by complementing experimental measurements or by deriving parameters difficult to be rep…
Collisional excitation of PO by -H
F. Tonolo, L. Bizzocchi, V. M. Rivilla +3
We report the derivation of rate coefficients for the rotational (de-)excitation of PO induced by collisions with H. The calculations were performed on a four-dimensional p…
Hyperfine resolved rate coefficients of HC17O+ with H2 (j = 0)
Francesca Tonolo, François Lique, Mattia Melosso +2
The formyl cation (HCO+) is one of the most abundant ions in molecular clouds and plays a major role in the interstellar chemistry. For this reason, accurate collisional rate coeff…
Precursors of the RNA-world in space: Detection of ()-1,2-ethenediol in the interstellar medium, a key intermediate in sugar formation
Víctor M. Rivilla, Laura Colzi, Izaskun Jiménez-Serra +20
We present the first detection of ()-1,2-ethenediol, (CHOH), the enol form of glycolaldehyde, in the interstellar medium towards the G+0.693-0.027 molecular cloud located in…
An improved study of HCO+ and He system: interaction potential, collisional relaxation and pressure broadening
F. Tonolo, L. Bizzocchi, M. Melosso +4
In light of its ubiquitous presence in the interstellar gas, the chemistry and reactivity of the HCO+ ion requires special attention. The availability of up-to-date collisional dat…
The quest for a plausible formation route of formyl cyanide in the interstellar medium: a state-of-the-art quantum-chemical and kinetic approach
F. Tonolo, J. Lupi, C. Puzzarini +1
Interstellar complex organic molecules (iCOMs) are assumed to be mainly formed on dust-grain surfaces. However, neutral gas-phase reactions in the interstellar medium (ISM) can pla…