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On the Detection of Tetratrienediylidenesilylene
Six transitions of tetratrienediylidenesilylene, also known as silapentatetraenediylidene, with J“ between 11 and 27 were detected in the circumstellar envelope of CW Leo (IRC +10216) with the 45 m radiotelescope of the Nobeyama Radio Observatory between 36 and 86 GHz:
M. Ohishi, N. Kaifu, K. Kawaguchi, A. Murakami, S. Saito, S. Yamamoto, S.-I. Ishikawa, Y. Fujita, Y. Shiratori, and W. M. Irvine,
Detection of a new Circumstellar Carbon Chain Molecule, C<sub>4</sub>Si
Astrophys. J. 345, L83–L86 (1989).
Contributor(s): H. S. P. Müller; 08, 2010