4 papers
A Search for Light Hydrides in the Envelopes of Evolved Stars
Mark A. Siebert, Ignacio Simon, Christopher N. Shingledecker +7
We report a search for the diatomic hydrides SiH, PH, and FeH along the line of sight toward the chemically rich circumstellar envelopes of IRC+10216 and VY Canis Majoris. These mo…
Science with an ngVLA: Prebiotic Molecules
Brett A. McGuire, P. Brandon Carroll, Robin T. Garrod
Extraterrestrial amino acids, the chemical building blocks of the biopolymers that comprise life as we know it on Earth are present in meteoritic samples. More recently, glycine (N…
First Results of an ALMA Band 10 Spectral Line Survey of NGC 6334I: Detections of Glycolaldehyde (HC(O)CHOH) and a New Compact Bipolar Outflow in HDO and CS
Brett A. McGuire, Crystal L. Brogan, Todd R. Hunter +9
We present the first results of a pilot program to conduct an ALMA Band 10 spectral line survey of the high-mass star-forming region NGC 6334I. The observations were taken in excep…
The Final Integrations of the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory
Brett A. McGuire, P. Brandon Carroll
We present the final observations of the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory, taken toward Orion KL, prior to its decommissioning after nearly three decades of operation.