Microwave Detection of Interstellar Formaldehyde
- 31 March 1969
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 22 (13), 679-681
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.22.679
Abstract
Interstellar formaldehyde (CO) has been detected in absorption against numerous galactic and extragalactic radio sources by means of the - ground-state rotational transition at 4830 MHz. The absorbing regions often correspond in velocity with 18-cm OH features. CO is the first organic polyatomic molecule ever detected in the interstellar medium and its widespread distribution indicates that processes of interstellar chemical evolution may be much more complex than previously assumed.
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