On the Detection of Ketene, H2CCO, in Extragalactic Sources
S. Muller, A. Beelen, M. Guélin, S. Aalto, J. H. Black, F. Combes, S. J. Curran, P. Theule, and S. N. Longmore
used the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) to study the molecular content of a foreground galaxy at z = 0.89 (FG0.89 consisting of two subsources, FG0.89SW and FG0.89NO) in absorption toward the quasar PKS 1830-211:
Molecules at //z// = 0.89: A 4-mm-Rest-Frame Absorption-Line Survey toward PKS 1830-211
Astron. Astrophys. 535, (2011) Art. No. A103.
Two pairs of Ka = 1 transitions of ketene with J“ = 2 and 3 were detected. The Ka = 0 para transitions are within the noise level.
Contributor(s): H. S. P. Müller; 5, 2012