scholarly journals Interstellar glycolamide: A comprehensive rotational study and an astronomical search in Sgr B2(N)

2020 ◽  
Vol 639 ◽  
pp. A135 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Sanz-Novo ◽  
A. Belloche ◽  
J. L. Alonso ◽  
L. Kolesniková ◽  
R. T. Garrod ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spectroscopic Constants ◽  
Hydroxyl Group ◽  
Spectroscopic Techniques ◽  
Stable Conformer ◽  
Interstellar Molecule ◽  
Submillimeter Wavelength ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Upper Limit ◽  
Molecular Core ◽  
Green Bank Telescope

Context. Glycolamide is a glycine isomer and also one of the simplest derivatives of acetamide (e.g., one hydrogen atom is replaced with a hydroxyl group), which is a known interstellar molecule. Aims. In this context, the aim of our work is to provide direct experimental frequencies of the ground vibrational state of glycolamide in the centimeter-, millimeter- and submillimeter-wavelength regions in order to enable its identification in the interstellar medium. Methods. We employed a battery of state-of-the-art rotational spectroscopic techniques in the frequency and time domain to measure the frequencies of glycolamide. We used the spectral line survey named Exploring Molecular Complexity with ALMA (EMoCA), which was performed toward the star forming region Sgr B2(N) with ALMA to search for glycolamide in space. We also searched for glycolamide toward Sgr B2(N) with the Effelsberg radio telescope. The astronomical spectra were analyzed under the local thermodynamic equilibrium approximation. We used the gas-grain chemical kinetics model MAGICKAL to interpret the results of the astronomical observations. Results. About 1500 transitions have been newly assigned up to 460 GHz to the most stable conformer, and a precise set of spectroscopic constants was determined. Spectral features of glycolamide were then searched for in the prominent hot molecular core Sgr B2(N2). We report the nondetection of glycolamide toward this source with an abundance at least six and five times lower than that of acetamide and glycolaldehyde, respectively. Our astrochemical model suggests that glycolamide may be present in this source at a level just below the upper limit, which was derived from the EMoCA survey. We could also not detect the molecule in the region’s extended molecular envelope, which was probed with the Effelsberg telescope. We find an upper limit to its column density that is similar to the column densities obtained earlier for acetamide and glycolaldehyde with the Green Bank Telescope.

scholarly journals Rotational spectroscopy of imidazole: improved rest frequencies for astrophysical searches

2019 ◽  
Vol 628 ◽  
pp. A53
Author(s):  
B. M. Giuliano ◽  
L. Bizzocchi ◽  
A. Pietropolli Charmet ◽  
B. E. Arenas ◽  
A. L. Steber ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spectroscopic Constants ◽  
Rotational Spectrum ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Star Forming Regions ◽  
Ring Compounds ◽  
Molecular Core ◽  
Wave Region ◽  
Centrifugal Distortion Constants ◽  
High Level ◽  
The University

Context. Organic ring compounds play a key role in terrestrial biochemistry, and they were also most likely pivotal ingredients in Earth’s prebiotic chemistry. The five-membered ring imidazole, c-C3N2H4, is a substructure of fundamental biological molecules such as the purine nucleobases and the amino acid histidine. An unsuccessful search for imidazole in a sample of cold-core clouds and massive star-forming regions was performed almost 40 years ago. At that time, the spectroscopic knowledge of this species was scarce: the existing laboratory study was limited to the centimetre-wave region, and the precision of the rest frequencies in the millimetre regime was not adequate. Aims. The goal of the present work is to perform a comprehensive investigation of the rotational spectrum of imidazole in its ground vibrational state from the microwave region to the 1 mm wavelength regime. Methods. The rotational spectrum of imidazole was recorded in selected frequency regions from 2 to 295 GHz. These intervals were covered using various broadband spectrometers developed at DESY (Hamburg) and at the University of Virginia. High-level ab initio calculations were performed to obtain reliable estimates of the quartic and sextic centrifugal distortion constants. We used the EMoCA imaging spectral line survey to search for imidazole towards the hot molecular core Sgr B2(N2). Results. About 700 rotational transitions spanning a J interval from 0 to 59 and Kc interval from 0 to 30 were analysed using the Watson S-reduced Hamiltonian. These new data allowed the determination of a much extended set of spectroscopic parameters for imidazole in its vibrational ground state. The improved spectral data allow us to set an upper limit to the column density of imidazole in Sgr B2(N2). Its non-detection implies that it is at least 3400 times less abundant than ethyl cyanide in this source. Conclusions. With the new set of spectroscopic constants, it has been possible to compute reliable rest frequencies at millimetre wavelengths. We suggest a search for imidazole towards TMC-1, where the aromatic molecule benzonitrile was recently detected.

scholarly journals Laboratory rotational spectrum and astronomical search for methoxyacetaldehyde

2018 ◽  
Vol 619 ◽  
pp. A67 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Kolesniková ◽  
I. Peña ◽  
E. R. Alonso ◽  
B. Tercero ◽  
J. Cernicharo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Millimeter Wave ◽  
Ethyl Formate ◽  
High Mass ◽  
Spectroscopic Constants ◽  
Mass Star ◽  
Rotational Spectrum ◽  
Stable Conformer ◽  
Dark Cloud ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Star Forming Regions

Context. Methoxyacetaldehyde belongs to a group of structural isomers with the general formula C3H6O2, of which methyl acetate and ethyl formate are known interstellar molecules. Rotational data available for methoxyacetaldehyde are limited to 40 GHz, which makes predictions at higher frequencies rather uncertain.Aims. The aim of this work is to provide accurate experimental frequencies of methoxyacetaldehyde in the millimeter-wave region to support its detection in the interstellar medium.Methods. The rotational spectrum of methoxyacetaldehyde was recorded at room-temperature from 75 to 120 GHz and from 170 to 310 GHz using the millimeter-wave spectrometer in Valladolid. Additional measurements were also performed at conditions of supersonic expansion from 6 to 18 GHz. The assigned rotational transitions were analyzed using theS-reduced semirigid-rotor Hamiltonian.Results. We newly assigned over 1000 lines for the most stable conformer of methoxyacetaldehyde in its ground state and five lowest excited vibrational states, and precise sets of spectroscopic constants were obtained. We searched for spectral features of methoxyacetaldehyde in the high-mass star-forming regions Orion KL and Sagittarius B2, as well as in the cold dark cloud Barnard 1 (B1-b). No lines belonging to methoxyacetaldehyde were detected above the detection limit of our data. We provide upper limits to the methoxyacetaldehyde colum density in these sources.

scholarly journals The Circumstellar Environment of Embedded Massive Stars

2002 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 143-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee G. Mundy ◽  
Friedrich Wyrowski ◽  
Sarah Watt
Keyword(s):  
Massive Star ◽  
Massive Stars ◽  
Low Mass Stars ◽  
Submillimeter Wavelength ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Star Forming Regions ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
Circumstellar Environments ◽  
Near Future

Millimeter and submillimeter wavelength images of massive star-forming regions are uncovering the natal material distribution and revealing the complexities of their circumstellar environments on size scales from parsecs to 100’s of AU. Progress in these areas has been slower than for low-mass stars because massive stars are more distant, and because they are gregarious siblings with different evolutionary stages that can co-exist even within a core. Nevertheless, observational goals for the near future include the characterization of an early evolutionary sequence for massive stars, determination if the accretion process and formation sequence for massive stars is similar to that of low-mass stars, and understanding of the role of triggering events in massive star formation.

scholarly journals Observational properties of ultra-diffuse galaxies in low-density environments: field UDGs are predominantly blue and star forming

2019 ◽  
Vol 488 (2) ◽  
pp. 2143-2157 ◽  
Author(s):  
D J Prole ◽  
R F J van der Burg ◽  
M Hilker ◽  
J I Davies
Keyword(s):  
Surface Brightness ◽  
Scaling Relations ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Total Field ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
The Public ◽  
Upper Limit ◽  
Low Surface Brightness ◽  
Strategic Program ◽  
Formation Efficiency

Abstract While we have learnt much about ultradiffuse galaxies (UDGs) in groups and clusters, relatively little is known about them in less dense environments. More isolated UDGs are important for our understanding of UDG formation scenarios because they form via secular mechanisms, allowing us to determine the relative importance of environmentally driven formation in groups and clusters. We have used the public Kilo-Degree Survey together with the Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program to constrain the abundance and properties of UDGs in the field, targeting sources with low surface brightness (24.0 ≤ $\bar{\mu }_{\mathrm{ e},r}$ ≤ 26.5) and large apparent sizes (3.0 arcsec ≤ $\bar{r}_{\mathrm{ e},r}$ ≤ 8.0 arcsec). Accounting for several sources of interlopers in our selection based on canonical scaling relations, and using an empirical UDG model based on measurements from the literature, we show that a scenario in which cluster-like red-sequence UDGs occupy a significant number of field galaxies is unlikely, with most field UDGs being significantly bluer and showing signs of localized star formation. An immediate conclusion is that UDGs are much more efficiently quenched in high-density environments. We estimate an upper limit on the total field abundance of UDGs of 8 ± 3 × 10−3 cMpc−3 within our selection range. We also compare the total field abundance of UDGs to a measurement of the abundance of H i-rich UDGs from the literature, suggesting that they occupy at least one-fifth of the overall UDG population. The mass formation efficiency of UDGs implied by this upper limit is similar to what is measured in groups and clusters.

scholarly journals Submillimeter spectroscopy and astronomical searches of vinyl mercaptan, C2H3SH

2019 ◽  
Vol 623 ◽  
pp. A167 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.-A. Martin-Drumel ◽  
K. L. K. Lee ◽  
A. Belloche ◽  
O. Zingsheim ◽  
S. Thorwirth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vinyl Alcohol ◽  
Spectroscopic Constants ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Rotational Spectrum ◽  
Test Bed ◽  
Frequency Multiplication ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Astronomical Surveys ◽  
Radiofrequency Discharge ◽  
Upper Limits

Context. New laboratory investigations of the rotational spectrum of postulated astronomical species are essential to support the assignment and analysis of current astronomical surveys. In particular, considerable interest surrounds sulfur analogs of oxygen-containing interstellar molecules and their isomers. Aims. To enable reliable interstellar searches of vinyl mercaptan, the sulfur-containing analog to the astronomical species vinyl alcohol, we investigated its pure rotational spectrum at millimeter wavelengths. Methods. We extended the pure rotational investigation of the two isomers syn and anti vinyl mercaptan to the millimeter domain using a frequency-multiplication spectrometer. The species were produced by a radiofrequency discharge in 1,2-ethanedithiol. Additional transitions were remeasured in the centimeter band using Fourier-transform microwave spectroscopy to better determine rest frequencies of transitions with low-J and low-Ka values. Experimental investigations were supported by quantum chemical calculations on the energetics of both the [C2,H4,S] and [C2,H4,O] isomeric families. Interstellar searches for both syn and anti vinyl mercaptan as well as vinyl alcohol were performed in the EMoCA spectral line survey carried out toward Sgr B2(N2) with ALMA. Results. Highly accurate experimental frequencies (to better than 100 kHz accuracy) for both syn and anti isomers of vinyl mercaptan are measured up to 250 GHz; these deviate considerably from predictions based on extrapolation of previous microwave measurements. Reliable frequency predictions of the astronomically most interesting millimeter-wave lines for these two species can now be derived from the best-fit spectroscopic constants. From the energetic investigations, the four lowest singlet isomers of the [C2,H4,S] family are calculated to be nearly isoenergetic, which makes this family a fairly unique test bed for assessing possible reaction pathways. Upper limits for the column density of syn and anti vinyl mercaptan are derived toward the extremely molecule-rich star-forming region Sgr B2(N2) enabling comparison with selected complex organic molecules.

scholarly journals Searching for new OH megamasers out to redshifts z>1

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (S287) ◽  
pp. 345-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyle W. Willett
Keyword(s):  
Luminosity Function ◽  
Systematic Search ◽  
Upper Limit ◽  
Merger Rate ◽  
Green Bank Telescope

AbstractWe have carried out a search for 18-cm OH megamaser (OHM) emission with the Green Bank Telescope. The targeted galaxies comprise a sample of 121 ULIRGs at 0.09<z<1.5, making this is the first large, systematic search for OHMs at z>0.25. Nine new detections of OHMs are reported, all at redshifts z<0.25. For the remainder of the galaxies, observations constrain the upper limit on OH emission; this rules out OHMs of moderate brightness (LOH>103 L⊙) for 26% of the sample, and extremely bright OHM emission (LOH>104 L⊙) for 73% of the sample. Losses from RFI result in the OHM detection fraction being significantly lower than expected for galaxies with LIR>1012 L⊙. The new OHM detections are used to calculate an updated OH luminosity function, with Φ∝ LOH−0.66; this slope is in agreement with previous results. Non-detections of OHMs in the COSMOS field constrain the predicted sky density of OHMs; the results are consistent with a galaxy merger rate evolving as (1+z)m, where m≤6.

scholarly journals ALMA resolves the hourglass magnetic field in G31.41+0.31

2019 ◽  
Vol 630 ◽  
pp. A54 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. T. Beltrán ◽  
M. Padovani ◽  
J. M. Girart ◽  
D. Galli ◽  
R. Cesaroni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Velocity Gradient ◽  
Flux Ratio ◽  
High Mass ◽  
Continuum Emission ◽  
Mass Star ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
The Core ◽  
Molecular Core ◽  
The Magnetic Field

Context. Submillimeter Array (SMA) 870 μm polarization observations of the hot molecular core G31.41+0.31 revealed one of the clearest examples up to date of an hourglass-shaped magnetic field morphology in a high-mass star-forming region. Aims. To better establish the role that the magnetic field plays in the collapse of G31.41+0.31, we carried out Atacama Large Millimeter/ submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations of the polarized dust continuum emission at 1.3 mm with an angular resolution four times higher than that of the previous (sub)millimeter observations to achieve an unprecedented image of the magnetic field morphology. Methods. We used ALMA to perform full polarization observations at 233 GHz (Band 6). The resulting synthesized beam is 0′′.28×0′′.20 which, at the distance of the source, corresponds to a spatial resolution of ~875 au. Results. The observations resolve the structure of the magnetic field in G31.41+0.31 and allow us to study the field in detail. The polarized emission in the Main core of G31.41+0.41is successfully fit with a semi-analytical magnetostatic model of a toroid supported by magnetic fields. The best fit model suggests that the magnetic field is well represented by a poloidal field with a possible contribution of a toroidal component of ~10% of the poloidal component, oriented southeast to northwest at approximately −44° and with an inclination of approximately −45°. The magnetic field is oriented perpendicular to the northeast to southwest velocity gradient detected in this core on scales from 103 to 104 au. This supports the hypothesis that the velocity gradient is due to rotation of the core and suggests that such a rotation has little effect on the magnetic field. The strength of the magnetic field estimated in the central region of the core with the Davis–Chandrasekhar-Fermi method is ~8–13 mG and implies that the mass-to-flux ratio in this region is slightly supercritical. Conclusions. The magnetic field in G31.41+0.31 maintains an hourglass-shaped morphology down to scales of <1000 au. Despite the magnetic field being important in G31.41+0.31, it is not enough to prevent fragmentation and collapse of the core, as demonstrated by the presence of at least four sources embedded in the center of the core.

scholarly journals RADIO CONTINUUM OBSERVATIONS OF LOCAL STAR-FORMING GALAXIES USING THE CALTECH CONTINUUM BACKEND ON THE GREEN BANK TELESCOPE

2013 ◽  
Vol 780 (1) ◽  
pp. 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katie Rabidoux ◽  
D. J. Pisano ◽  
Amanda A. Kepley ◽  
Kelsey E. Johnson ◽  
Dana S. Balser
Keyword(s):  
Radio Continuum ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Green Bank Telescope

Synthetic Epimers of Ajmaline and Isoajmaline

1996 ◽  
Vol 51 (12) ◽  
pp. 1768-1770
Author(s):  
M. Ataullah Khan ◽  
Humaira Raees
Keyword(s):  
Hydroxyl Group ◽  
Spectroscopic Techniques

Two new epimers of ajmaline (1) and isoajmaline (2) were synthesized by means of tosylation followed by hydrolysis with NaOH/CH3OH. Displacement of tosyl with hydroxyl group yielded C21 epimers of these alkaloids. The structures were identified by various spectroscopic techniques.

scholarly journals SiO Masers in the Star Forming Regions W51 IRS2 and Sgr B2 MD5

1987 ◽  
Vol 115 ◽  
pp. 178-178
Author(s):  
N. Ukita ◽  
T. Hasegawa ◽  
N. Kaifu ◽  
K.-I. Morita ◽  
S. Okumura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Excited States ◽  
Line Intensity ◽  
Massive Star ◽  
Massive Star Formation ◽  
Vibrationally Excited ◽  
Maser Emission ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Star Forming Regions ◽  
Upper Limit

The maser emission of the J = 1-0 lines of SiO in vibrationally excited states has been detected in two regions of massive star formation, W51 IRS2 and Sgr B2 MD5. The SiO masers apparently coincide with strong H2O masers in each source within the uncertainties of < 5″. Their velocity ranges fall within those of the nearest H2O masers (Figure 1). In W51 IRS2 the maser emission is observed only in the v = 2 state, and the upper limit of the v = 1 line (3σ) is 1/15th of the v = 2 line intensity. The v = 1 emission found in Sgr B2 MD5 is five times stronger than the marginally detected v = 2 emission (Figure 2). Their luminosities are comparable to those from the corresponding maser in Orion.

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