Images of the Cyanopolyyne Emission in the Taurus Molecular Cloud

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May 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010aas...21642508w&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #216, #425.08

Biology

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We present images of the Cyanopolyyne Peak in the Taurus Molecular Cloud, in which the structure and composition of the cloud are visible. Cyanopolyynes are long organic molecules that are formed in abundance within the TMC, and we have modeled their intensities through observations with the Green Bank Telescope. The particular molecules we display are HC5N, HC7N, and HC9N. In measuring their properties, we have been able to deduce the temperature of the cloud to be 5.5K +/- 0.5K at the location of peak emission. This is important to the field of astrochemistry and astrobiology, as these long hydrocarbons are important precursors to the molecules that form life.

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