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Exotic Carbon Chemistry in a Planetary Nebula: The Unusual Case of K4-47

  • Authors: D. R. Schmidt, and L. M. Ziurys

2019 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 881 L38.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

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Representative spectra of K4-47, measured with the IRAM 30 m. The top panel displays the full spectrum between ∼125.6 and ∼133.4 GHz (lower sideband) and ∼141.3 and ∼149.1 GHz (upper sideband). Various lines of HC3N and its 13C-substituted species are apparent in the data as well as some unidentified (“U”) lines. The lower panel shows an expanded version of a section of the USB spectrum, identifying features arising from H2CO, c-C3H2, and CH3CN. All spectra are smoothed to 2 MHz resolution. A VLSR of −27.0 km s−1 was assumed. Many of the molecular identifications are new discoveries in PNe, including CH3CN.

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