The detection of ethanol in W51M

Details The detection of ethanol in W51M The detection of ethanol in W51M

Oct 1988

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Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 205, no. 1-2, Oct. 1988, p. L5-L7. SERC-supported research.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Ethyl Alcohol, Interstellar Matter, Line Spectra, Molecular Rotation, Molecular Spectra, Molecular Clouds, Spectrum Analysis, Vapor Phases

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The authors have searched for 3 rotational transitions of ethanol, CH3CH2OH, toward W51 M and Orion-KL, detecting it in the former source. The analysis indicates that, in W51 M, the ethanol emission arises in a warm gas probably similar to that detected previously in methanol and dimethyl ether. The abundances of all 3 molecules are much higher than predicted by gas phase chemistry and the authors suggest a novel mechanism for the formation of such complex species in grain surface reactions. This mechanism appears able to account for, in a qualitative manner, the overabundance of dimethyl ether compared to ethanol in Orion-KL and suggests that branched chain hydrocarbon molecules might be abundant in hot dense regions.

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