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The Role of Radiolysis in the Modelling of CHO Isomers and Dimethyl Ether in Cold Dark Clouds
Alec Paulive, Christopher N. Shingledecker, Eric Herbst
Complex organic molecules (COMs) have been detected in a variety of interstellar sources. The abundances of these COMs in warming sources can be explained by syntheses linked to in…
Cosmic ray tracks in astrophysical ices: Modeling with the Geant4-DNA Monte Carlo Toolkit
Christopher N. Shingledecker, Sebastien Incerti, Alexei Ivlev +4
Cosmic rays are ubiquitous in interstellar environments, and their bombardment of dust-grain ice mantles is a possible driver for the formation of complex, even prebiotic molecules…
Ubiquitous Aromatic Carbon Chemistry at the Earliest Stages of Star Formation
Andrew M. Burkhardt, Ryan A. Loomis, Christopher N. Shingledecker +4
Benzonitrile (-CHCN), a polar proxy for benzene (-CH}), has the potential to serve as a highly convenient radio probe for aromatic chemistry, provided this ri…
Interstellar Detection of the Highly Polar Five-Membered Ring Cyanocyclopentadiene
Michael C. McCarthy, Kin Long Kelvin Lee, Ryan A. Loomis +10
Much like six-membered rings, five-membered rings are ubiquitous in organic chemistry, frequently serving as the building blocks for larger molecules, including many of biochemical…
An Investigation of Spectral Line Stacking Techniques and Application to the Detection of HCN
Ryan A. Loomis, Andrew M. Burkhardt, Christopher N. Shingledecker +10
As the inventory of interstellar molecules continues to grow, the gulf between small species, whose individual rotational lines can be observed with radio telescopes, and large one…
Early Science from GOTHAM: Project Overview, Methods, and the Detection of Interstellar Propargyl Cyanide (HCCCHCN) in TMC-1
Brett A. McGuire, Andrew M. Burkhardt, Ryan A. Loomis +11
We present an overview of the GOTHAM (GBT Observations of TMC-1: Hunting Aromatic Molecules) Large Program on the Green Bank Telescope. This and a related program were launched to…