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Cernicharo J.

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HSO line list

2016

Despite the fact that many sulfur-bearing molecules, ranging from simple diatomic species up to astronomical complex molecules, have been detected in the interstellar medium, the sulfur chemistry in space is largely unknown and a depletion in the abundance of S-containing species has been observed in the cold, dense interstellar medium. The chemical form of the missing sulfur has yet to be identified. For these reasons, in view of the fact that there is a large abundance of triatomic species harbouring sulfur, oxygen, and hydrogen, we decided to investigate the HSO radical in the laboratory to try its astronomical detection. High-resolution measurements of the rotational spectrum of the HSO…

Astrophysics and AstronomyPhysicsNatural SciencesInterdisciplinary AstronomyAtomic physics
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Zeeman effect in sulfur monoxide (SO)

2017

Magnetic fields play a fundamental role in star formation processes and the best method to evaluate their intensity is to measure the Zeeman effect of atomic and molecular lines. However, a direct measurement of the Zeeman spectral pattern from interstellar molecular species is challenging due to the high sensitivity and high spectral resolution required. So far, the Zeeman effect has been detected unambiguously in star forming regions for very few non-masing species, such as OH and CN. We decided to investigate the suitability of sulfur monoxide (SO), which is one of the most abundant species in star forming regions, for probing the intensity of magnetic fields via the Zeeman effect. We in…

Astrophysics and AstronomyPhysicsAstrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsAstrophysics::Earth and Planetary AstrophysicsPhysics::Chemical PhysicsNatural SciencesAstrophysics::Galaxy AstrophysicsInterdisciplinary AstronomyAtomic physics
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