DETECTION OF E-CYANOMETHANIMINE TOWARD SAGITTARIUS B2(N) IN THE GREEN BANK TELESCOPE PRIMOS SURVEY

@article{Zaleski2013DETECTIONOE,
  title={DETECTION OF E-CYANOMETHANIMINE TOWARD SAGITTARIUS B2(N) IN THE GREEN BANK TELESCOPE PRIMOS SURVEY},
  author={Daniel P Zaleski and Nathan A. Seifert and Amanda L. Steber and Matt T. Muckle and Ryan A. Loomis and Joanna F. Corby and Oscar E. Mart{\'i}nez and Kyle N. Crabtree and Phil R. Jewell and Jan M. Hollis and Francis J. Lovas and David Vasquez and Jolie Nyiramahirwe and Nicole Sciortino and Kennedy Johnson and Michael C. McCarthy and Anthony J. Remijan and Brooks H. Pate},
  journal={The Astrophysical Journal Letters},
  year={2013},
  volume={765}
}
The detection of E-cyanomethanimine (E-HNCHCN) toward Sagittarius B2(N) is made by comparing the publicly available Green Bank Telescope (GBT) PRIMOS survey spectra to laboratory rotational spectra from a reaction product screening experiment. The experiment uses broadband molecular rotational spectroscopy to monitor the reaction products produced in an electric discharge source using a gas mixture of NH3 and CH3CN. Several transition frequency coincidences between the reaction product… 
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