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Rotational Spectra and Search for Aromatic Imines: 9-Iminofluorene and Benzophenone imine

Huanyu Ren, D. Archie Stewart, Gabi Wenzel +4

Interstellar detections of several cyano derivatives of large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have now been achieved, enabled by accurate laboratory measurements of their m…

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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…

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CO desorption from interstellar icy grains induced by IR excitation of superhydrogenated PAHs

L. Slumstrup, J. D. Thrower, A. T. Hopkinson +6

Infrared (IR) radiation dominates dense, interstellar clouds, yet its effect on icy grains remains largely unexplored. Its potential role in driving the photodesorption of volatile…

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Laboratory rotational spectra of cyanocyclohexane and its siblings (1- and 4-cyanocyclohexene) using a compact CP-FTMW spectrometer for interstellar detection

Gabi Wenzel, Martin S. Holdren, D. Archie Stewart +4

Chirped-pulse Fourier transform microwave (CP-FTMW) spectroscopy is a versatile technique to record broadband gas-phase rotational spectra, enabling detailed investigations of mole…

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Infrared Spectroscopy of Pentagon-Containing PAHs: Indenyl and Fluorenyl Anions and Indenyl Cation

Gabi Wenzel, Miguel Jiménez-Redondo, Milan Ončák +4

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) ions are crucial intermediates in interstellar chemistry and may play a key role in the infrared emission features observed in space. Here, we…

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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…

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The Missing Link of Sulfur Chemistry in TMC-1: The Detection of c-C3H2S from the GOTHAM Survey

Anthony J. Remijan, P. Bryan Changala, Ci Xue +13

We present the spectroscopic characterization of cyclopropenethione (c-C3H2S) in the laboratory and detect it in space using the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) Observations of TMC-1: H…