On the Detection of Silyl Cyanide, SiH3CN, in Space

J. Cernicharo, M. Agúndez, L. Velilla Prieto, M. Guélin, J. R. Pardo, C. Kahane, C. Marka, C. Kramer, S. Navarro, G. Quintana-Lacaci, J. P. Fonfría, N. Marcelino, B. Tercero, E. Moreno, S. Massalkhi, M. Santander-García, M. C. McCarthy, C. A. Gottlieb, and J. L. Alonso
reported on the
Discovery of Methyl Silane and Confirmation of Silyl Cyanide in IRC +10216
Astron. Astrophys. 606, Art. No. L5 (2017).
6 sets of silyl cyanide, SiH3CN, transitions with J' between 9 and 17 (between 89 and 170 GHz) were detected with the IRAM 30 m telescope in emission toward the late-type C-rich star CW Leonis. The K level structure is partly resolved. At least some degree of blending by emission lines of other molecules is present.


Contributor(s): H. S. P. Müller; 10, 2017