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astro-ph.EP2018

A theoretical investigation of the reaction between the amidogen, NH, and the ethyl, C2H5, radicals: a possible gas-phase formation route of interstellar and planetary ethanimine

Nadia Balucani, Dimitrios Skouteris, Cecilia Ceccarelli +3

The reaction between the amidogen, NH, radical and the ethyl, C2H5, radical has been investigated by performing electronic structure calculations of the underlying doublet potentia…

astro-ph.GA2018

Interstellar dimethyl ether gas-phase formation: a quantum chemistry and kinetics study

Dimitrios Skouteris, Nadia Balucani, Cecilia Ceccarelli +4

Dimethyl ether is one of the most abundant interstellar complex organic molecules. Yet its formation route remains elusive. In this work, we have performed electronic structure and…

astro-ph.EP2018

Can Formamide Be Formed on Interstellar Ice? An Atomistic Perspective

Albert Rimola, Dimitrios Skouteris, Nadia Balucani +4

Interstellar formamide (NH2CHO) has recently attracted significant attention due to its potential role as a molecular building block in the formation of precursor biomolecules rele…

astro-ph.GA2018

SOLIS IV. Hydrocarbons in the OMC-2 FIR 4 region, a probe of energetic particle irradiation of the region

C. Favre, C. Ceccarelli, A. López-Sepulcre +16

We report new interferometric images of cyclopropenylidene, c-CH, towards the young protocluster OMC-2 FIR\,4. The observations were performed at 82 and 85 GHz with the NOr…

astro-ph.GA2018

The evolution of grain mantles and silicate dust growth at high redshift

Cecilia Ceccarelli, Serena Viti, Nadia Balucani +1

In dense molecular clouds, interstellar grains are covered by mantles of iced molecules. The formation of the grain mantles has two important consequences: it removes species from…

astro-ph.GA2018

Seeds of Life in Space (SOLIS). III. Zooming into the methanol peak of the pre-stellar core L1544

Anna Punanova, Paola Caselli, Siyi Feng +41

Towards the pre-stellar core L1544, the methanol (CHOH) emission forms an asymmetric ring around the core centre, where CHOH is mostly in solid form, with a clear peak 4000…