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Detection of the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Phenalene (CH) in the Very Low Luminosity Object (VeLLO) MC27/L1521F
Gabi Wenzel, Thomas H. Speak, Ci Xue +12
To date, 14 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) ranging in size from two to seven (including five- and six-membered) carbon rings have been detected in the starless dense core…
Modeling the Effect of C/O Ratio on Complex Carbon Chemistry in Cold Molecular Clouds
Alex N. Byrne, Christopher N. Shingledecker, Edwin A. Bergin +5
Elemental abundances, which are often depleted with respect to the solar values, are important input parameters for kinetic models of interstellar chemistry. In particular, the amo…
The Molecular Inventory of TMC-1 with GOTHAM Observations
Ci Xue, Alex N. Byrne, Larry Morgan +14
Spectral line surveys of the Taurus Molecular Cloud-1 (TMC-1) have led to the detection of more than 100 new molecular species, making it the most prolific source of interstellar m…
Solar C/O ratio in planet-forming gas at 1 au in a highly irradiated disk
Ilane Schroetter, Olivier Berné, Emeric Bron +18
The chemical composition of exoplanets is thought to be influenced by the composition of the disks in which they form. JWST observations have unveiled a variety of species in numer…
Discovery of the 7-ring PAH Cyanocoronene (CHCN) in GOTHAM Observations of TMC-1
Gabi Wenzel, Siyuan Gong, Ci Xue +18
We present the synthesis and laboratory rotational spectroscopy of the 7-ring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) cyanocoronene (CHCN) using a laser-ablation assist…
Detections of interstellar 2-cyanopyrene and 4-cyanopyrene in TMC-1
Gabi Wenzel, Thomas H. Speak, P. Bryan Changala +19
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are among the most ubiquitous compounds in the universe, accounting for up to ~25% of all interstellar carbon. Since most unsubstituted PAHs…