scholarly journals Search of amino group in the Universe: 2-aminopyridine

2015 ◽  
pp. 81-86
Author(s):  
M.K. Sharma ◽  
M. Sharma ◽  
A.K. Sharma ◽  
S. Chandra
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Interstellar Medium ◽  
Galactic Center ◽  
Close Association ◽  
Spectroscopic Studies ◽  
Interstellar Space ◽  
Amino Group ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Amino Acid Glycine

In search for life in the Universe, scientists are interested in identification of molecules having amino (-NH2) group in the interstellar space. The aminoacetonitrile (NH2CH2CN), which is precursor of the simplest amino acid glycine (NH2CH2COOH), is identified near the galactic center. The 2-Aminopyridine (H2NC5H4N) is of interest for scientists as it has a close association with life on the earth. Based on spectroscopic studies, we have calculated intensities of 2-Aminopyridine lines due to transitions between the rotational levels up to 47 cm?1 and have found a number of lines which may help in its identification in the interstellar medium. Frequencies of some of these transitions are found close to those detected in the envelope of IRC +10216 that are not assigned to any of the known species.

Effect of amino group protonation on the carboxyl group in aqueous glycine observed by O 1s X-ray emission spectroscopy

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (36) ◽  
pp. 23214-23221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Horikawa ◽  
T. Tokushima ◽  
O. Takahashi ◽  
Y. Harada ◽  
A. Hiraya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Electronic Structures ◽  
Emission Spectroscopy ◽  
Selective Excitation ◽  
Carboxyl Group ◽  
Amino Group ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Excitation Conditions ◽  
Amino Acid Glycine

The valence electronic structures of the amino acid glycine in aqueous solution were investigated in detail through X-ray emission spectroscopy at O 1s excitation under selective excitation conditions of the CO site in the carboxyl group.

scholarly journals On carbon nanotubes in the interstellar medium

2020 ◽  
Vol 493 (2) ◽  
pp. 3054-3059
Author(s):  
Qi Li ◽  
Aigen Li ◽  
B W Jiang ◽  
Tao Chen
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Interstellar Medium ◽  
Interstellar Extinction ◽  
Extinction Curve ◽  
Interstellar Space ◽  
Absorption Bands ◽  
Carbon Allotrope ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic ◽  
The Universe

ABSTRACT Since their discovery in 1991, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) – a novel one-dimensional carbon allotrope – have attracted considerable interest worldwide because of their potential technological applications such as electric and optical devices. In the astrophysical context, CNTs may be present in the interstellar space since many of the other allotropes of carbon (e.g. amorphous carbon, fullerenes, nanodiamonds, graphite, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and possibly graphene as well) are known to be widespread in the Universe, as revealed by pre-solar grains in carbonaceous primitive meteorites and/or by their fingerprint spectral features in astronomical spectra. In addition, there are also experimental and theoretical pathways to the formation of CNTs in the interstellar medium (ISM). In this work, we examine their possible presence in the ISM by comparing the observed interstellar extinction curve with the ultraviolet/optical absorption spectra experimentally obtained for single-walled CNTs of a wide range of diameters and chiralities. Based on the absence in the interstellar extinction curve of the ${\sim}$4.5 and 5.25 ${\rm eV} \ \pi$-plasmon absorption bands that are pronounced in the experimental spectra of CNTs, we place an upper limit of ${\sim}10\, {\rm ppm}$ of C/H (i.e. ${\sim}$4 per cent of the total interstellar C) on the interstellar CNT abundance.

‘A pinch of unseen, unguarded dust’: The World and Self in Thomas Hardy's Poems

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-66
Author(s):  
Monika Szuba
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
The Self ◽  
Phenomenological Philosophy ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The World ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Recurrent Theme ◽  
Body Subject

The essay discusses selected poems from Thomas Hardy's vast body of poetry, focusing on representations of the self and the world. Employing Maurice Merleau-Ponty's concepts such as the body-subject, wild being, flesh, and reversibility, the essay offers an analysis of Hardy's poems in the light of phenomenological philosophy. It argues that far from demonstrating ‘cosmic indifference’, Hardy's poetry offers a sympathetic vision of interrelations governing the universe. The attunement with voices of the Earth foregrounded in the poems enables the self's entanglement in the flesh of the world, a chiasmatic intertwining of beings inserted between the leaves of the world. The relation of the self with the world is established through the act of perception, mainly visual and aural, when the body becomes intertwined with the world, thus resulting in a powerful welding. Such moments of vision are brief and elusive, which enhances a sense of transitoriness, and, yet, they are also timeless as the self becomes immersed in the experience. As time is a recurrent theme in Hardy's poetry, this essay discusses it in the context of dwelling, the provisionality of which is demonstrated in the prevalent sense of temporality, marked by seasons and birdsong, which underline the rhythms of the world.

An Interview with the Physicist that Her Head in the Universe and Both Feet on the Earth

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adib Rifqi Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Additional Dimension ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
The Universe

Put simply, Lisa Randall’s job is to figure out how the universe works, and what it’s made of. Her contributions to theoretical particle physics include two models of space-time that bear her name. The first Randall–Sundrum model addressed a problem with the Standard Model of the universe, and the second concerned the possibility of a warped additional dimension of space. In this work, we caught up with Randall to talk about why she chose a career in physics, where she finds inspiration, and what advice she’d offer budding physicists. This article has been edited for clarity. My favourite quote in this interview is, “Figure out what you enjoy, what your talents are, and what you’re most curious to learn about.” If you insterest in her work, you can contact her on Twitter @lirarandall.

An Interview with the Physicist that Her Head in the Universe and Both Feet on the Earth

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adib Rifqi Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Additional Dimension ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
The Universe

Put simply, Lisa Randall’s job is to figure out how the universe works, and what it’s made of. Her contributions to theoretical particle physics include two models of space-time that bear her name. The first Randall–Sundrum model addressed a problem with the Standard Model of the universe, and the second concerned the possibility of a warped additional dimension of space. In this work, we caught up with Randall to talk about why she chose a career in physics, where she finds inspiration, and what advice she’d offer budding physicists. This article has been edited for clarity. My favourite quote in this interview is, “Figure out what you enjoy, what your talents are, and what you’re most curious to learn about.” If you insterest in her work, you can contact her on Twitter @lirarandall.

Much Ado about (Practically) Nothing

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Energy Source ◽  
Atomic Nucleus ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Scientific Journals ◽  
Rare Gases ◽  
Important Work ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Life On Mars ◽  
The Universe

There are eight columns in the Periodic Table. The eighth column is comprised of the rare gases, so-called because they are the rarest elements on earth. They are also called the inert or noble gases because, like nobility, they do no work. They are colorless, odorless, invisible gases which do not react with anything, and were thought to be unimportant until the early 1960s. Starting in that era, David Fisher has spent roughly fifty years doing research on these gases, publishing nearly a hundred papers in the scientific journals, applying them to problems in geophysics and cosmochemistry, and learning how other scientists have utilized them to change our ideas about the universe, the sun, and our own planet. Much Ado about (Practically) Nothing will cover this spectrum of ideas, interspersed with the author's own work which will serve to introduce each gas and the important work others have done with them. The rare gases have participated in a wide range of scientific advances-even revolutions-but no book has ever recorded the entire story. Fisher will range from the intricacies of the atomic nucleus and the tiniest of elementary particles, the neutrino, to the energy source of the stars; from the age of the earth to its future energies; from life on Mars to cancer here on earth. A whole panoply that has never before been told as an entity.

Kinematical Structure of the Local Interstellar Medium: The Galactic Center Hemisphere

1997 ◽  
Vol 484 (2) ◽  
pp. 761-778 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Genova ◽  
John E. Beckman ◽  
Stuart Bowyer ◽  
Thomas Spicer
Keyword(s):  
Interstellar Medium ◽  
Galactic Center ◽  
Local Interstellar Medium

scholarly journals III. On the nature and construction of the sun and fixed stars

1795 ◽  
Vol 85 ◽  
pp. 46-72 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Central Body ◽  
Planetary System ◽  
Considerable Progress ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Great Satisfaction ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The World ◽  
Celestial Bodies ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Made In

Among the celestial bodies the sun is certainly the first which should attract our notice. It is a fountain of light that illuminates the world! it is the cause of that heat which main­tains the productive power of nature, and makes the earth a fit habitation for man! it is the central body of the planetary system; and what renders a knowledge of its nature still more interesting to us is, that the numberless stars which compose the universe, appear, by the strictest analogy, to be similar bodies. Their innate light is so intense, that it reaches the eye of the observer from the remotest regions of space, and forcibly claims his notice. Now, if we are convinced that an inquiry into the nature and properties of the sun is highly worthy of our notice, we may also with great satisfaction reflect on the considerable progress that has already been made in our knowledge of this eminent body. It would require a long detail to enumerate all the various discoveries which have been made on this subject; I shall, therefore, content myself with giving only the most capital of them.

scholarly journals DARK MATTER DYNAMICS AND INDIRECT DETECTION

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (14) ◽  
pp. 1021-1036 ◽  
Author(s):  
GIANFRANCO BERTONE ◽  
DAVID MERRITT
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Total Mass ◽  
Galactic Center ◽  
Direct Detection ◽  
Indirect Detection ◽  
Matter Distribution ◽  
Dark Matter Distribution ◽  
Particle Dark Matter ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Rule Out

Non-baryonic, or "dark", matter is believed to be a major component of the total mass budget of the Universe. We review the candidates for particle dark matter and discuss the prospects for direct detection (via interaction of dark matter particles with laboratory detectors) and indirect detection (via observations of the products of dark matter self-annihilations), focusing in particular on the Galactic center, which is among the most promising targets for indirect detection studies. The gravitational potential at the Galactic center is dominated by stars and by the supermassive black hole, and the dark matter distribution is expected to evolve on sub-parsec scales due to interaction with these components. We discuss the dominant interaction mechanisms and show how they can be used to rule out certain extreme models for the dark matter distribution, thus increasing the information that can be gleaned from indirect detection searches.

Oxydoréduction photochimique et thermique entre le chrome(VI) et un acide α aminé (glycine, alanine, hydroxy proline et méthionine)

1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (9) ◽  
pp. 1864-1869 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Bolte ◽  
B. Robert ◽  
J. Lemaire
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Spectroscopic Studies ◽  
Quantum Yields ◽  
Charge Transfer Reaction ◽  
Acid Complex ◽  
Protonated Amino Acid ◽  
Chromium Vi ◽  
Hydroxy Proline ◽  
Amino Acid Formula ◽  
Rule Out

Photochemical and thermal oxidation that occurs between chromium(VI) and various amino acids leads quantitatively to chromium(III). Spectroscopic studies rule out the formation of a chromium(VI) – amino acid complex in the ground state. Thermal oxidoreduction involves HCrO4−, the protonated amino acid [Formula: see text] and H+ ions. Chromium(V) appears to be an intermediate species in the reaction. HCrO4− is the only absorbing compound and the photochemical chromium(VI) reduction proceeds through a reaction between [HCrO4−]* and the amino acid. Chromium(V) is the primary product of the charge transfer reaction. Reduction quantum yields are proportional to the amino acid concentration and pH independent in the HCrO4− existence range.

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