===== On the Cyanohexatriynylide Ion, C7N–, in Space =====
J. Cernicharo, J. R. Pardo, C. Cabezas, M. Agúndez, B. Tercero, N. Marcelino, R. Fuentetaja, M. Guélin, and P. de Vicente\\
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**[[https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202245816|Discovery of the C7N− Anion in TMC-1 and IRC +10216]]**\\
//Astron. Astrophys.// **670**, (2023), Art. No. L19.\\
Six transitions with 26 ≤ //J"// ≤ 31 and 17 transitions with 26 ≤ //J"// ≤ 42 were detected toward the dark cloud TMC-1 and the C-rich late-type star CW Leonis, respectively, in the course of two molecular line surveys. The identification relies on quantum-chemical observations as no laboraotory data exist to date, as in the case of C5N−. The rotational temperature //T//rot was fit as 6.0 ± 0.5 K in TMC-1 and as 26.6 ± 1.8 K toward CW Leonis; both values are similar to those of C5N−. The C5N− to C7N− in TMC-1 is ~5, toward CW Leonis ~2.4.\\
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Contributor(s): H. S. P. Müller; 02, 2023
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