On the Extragalactic Detection of Aminomethylidyne, H2NC
C. Cabezas, M. Agúndez, N. Marcelino, B. Tercero, S. Cuadrado, and J. Cernicharo
reported on the
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 monitoring aboservation of of the z = 0.89 galaxy in front of the quasar PKS 1830−211 using the Yebes 40 m telescope. The column densities of H2CN is about four times that of H2NC.
Contributor(s): H. S. P. Müller; 10, 2021