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Detection of the J = 1->0 Transition of Cyanodiacetylene in Sgr B2

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

J. W. Brooks ,
R. X. McGee  and
Lynette M. Newton
J. W. Brooks
Affiliation:
Division of Radiophysics, CSIRO, Sydney
R. X. McGee
Affiliation:
Division of Radiophysics, CSIRO, Sydney
Lynette M. Newton
Affiliation:
Division of Radiophysics, CSIRO, Sydney
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In November 1975 workers at the Herzberg Institute for Astrophysics in Canada (Avery et al. 1976) discovered cyanodiacetylene in Sgr B2. This molecule is the heaviest yet detected in interstellar space, having a molecular weight of 75 amu, and is the longest linear molecule known.

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , September 1976 , pp. 65 - 68
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1976

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