Cernicharo, J., McCarthy, M. C., Gottlieb, C. A., Agúndez, M., Velilla Prieto, L., Baraban, J. H., Changala, P. B., Guélin, M., Kahane, C., Martin-Drumel, M. A., Patel, Nimesh A., Reilly, N. J., Stanton, J. F., Quintana-Lacaci, G., Thorwirth, S., and Young, K. H. 2015. "Discovery of SiCSi in IRC 10216: A Missing Link between Gas and Dust Carriers of Si&ndashC Bonds." Astrophysical Journal Letters 806:L3. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/806/1/L3
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abstract
We report the discovery in space of a disilicon species, SiCSi, from observations between 80 and 350 GHz with the IRAM 30 m radio telescope. Owing to the close coordination between laboratory experiments and astrophysics, 112 lines have now been detected in the carbon-rich star
