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most citedDiscovery of the 7-ring PAH Cyanocoronene (CHCN) in GOTHAM Observations of TMC-1

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astro-ph.GA2026

Exploring the Limits of Spectral Line Stacking in Spectral Line Data and Application Toward the Detection of Bulk C Enrichment of Aromatics in TMC-1

Miya Duffy, Ryan A. Loomis, Martin S. Holdren +9

The formation history of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the interstellar medium remains a topic of active debate, with proposed mechanisms ranging from high-temperature…

astro-ph.GA2025

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…

astro-ph.GA2025

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…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 90 cited

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…

astro-ph.GA2024

Discovery of interstellar 1-cyanopyrene: a four-ring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon in TMC-1

Gabi Wenzel, Ilsa R. Cooke, P. Bryan Changala +22

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are expected to be the most abundant class of organic molecules in space. Their interstellar lifecycle is not well understood, and progress…