===== On the Detection of Iron Carbide, FeC, in Circumstellar Environments =====

L. A. Koelemay and L. M. Ziurys\\
reported on\\
**[[https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad0899|Elusive Iron: Detection of the FeC Radical (X<sup>3</sup>Δ<sub>i</sub>) in the Envelope of IRC+10216]]**\\
//Astrophys. J. Lett.// **958**, Art. No. L6 (2023).\\
Dedicated observations of CW Leonis with the ARO SMT as well as observations from a line survey at 2 mm with the ARO 12 m dish at Kitt Peak in the regions of the <sup>3</sup>Δ<sub>3</sub>, //J"// = 5, 4, and 3 transitions of FeC. The derived column density is nearly the same as for FeCN.\\
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Contributor(s): H. S. P. Müller; 11, 2023

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