Discovery of SiCSi in IRC+10216: A missing link between gas and dust carriers of SiC bonds

J. Cernicharo, M. C. McCarthy, C. A. Gottlieb +13

We report the discovery in space of a disilicon species, SiCSi, from observations between 80 and 350 GHz with the IRAM 30m radio telescope. Owing to the close coordination between…