Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ===== On the Detection of the Octatetraynylide Ion, C8H–, in Space ===== The octatetraynylide ion has been detected toward the dark cloud TMC-1 in four rotational transitions between 24 and 16 mm:\\ S. Brünken, H. Gupta, C. A. Gottlieb, M. C. McCarthy, and P. Thaddeus,\\ **[[https://doi.org/10.1086/520703|Detection of the Carbon Chain Negative Ion C<sub>8</sub>H<sup>–</sup> in TMC-1]]**\\ //Astrophys. J.// **664**, L43–L46 (2007).\\ At almost the same time it had been detected in observations toward the carbon rich star IRC +10216 in 5 rotational transitions occuring at 12 and around 7 mm:\\ A. J. Remijan, J. M. Hollis, F. J. Lovas, M. A. Cordiner, T. J. Millar, A. J. Markwick-Kemper, and P. R. Jewell,\\ **[[https://doi.org/10.1086/520704|Detection of C<sub>8</sub>H<sup>–</sup> and Comparison with C<sub>8</sub>H toward IRC +10216]]**\\ //Astrophys. J.// **664**, L47–L50 (2007).\\ \\ ---- Contributor(s): H. S. P. Müller; 7, 2007 ---- molecules/ism/c8h-minus.txt Last modified: 2023/02/27 13:26by mueller