On the Detection of Aminomethylidyne, H<sub>2</sub>NC, in the ISM
C. Cabezas, M. Agúndez, N. Marcelino, B. Tercero, S. Cuadrado, and J. Cernicharo
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Interstellar Detection of the Simplest Aminocarbyne H<sub>2</sub>NC: An ignored but Abundant Molecule
Astron. Astrophys. 654, Art. No. A45 (2021).
The aminomethylidyne isomer was observed in the course of molecular line surveys of L483 and B1-b protostellar objects carried out at 3 mm using the IRAM 30 m telescope. The molecule was not detected in corresponding data of the prestellar core TMC-1. The column densities of H2CN and H2NC were essentially the same in the first two sources.
Contributor(s): H. S. P. Müller; 10, 2021