Detection of OH toward the Extreme Carbon Star IRC +10216
@article{Ford2003DetectionOO, title={Detection of OH toward the Extreme Carbon Star IRC +10216}, author={K. E. S. Ford and David A. Neufeld and Paul. F. Goldsmith and Gary J. Melnick}, journal={The Astrophysical Journal}, year={2003}, volume={589}, pages={430-438} }
We report the detection of the 1665 and 1667 MHz main lines of OH (hydroxyl) and upper limits on the 1612 MHz satellite line of OH toward the carbon-rich AGB star IRC +10216. We find a beam-averaged fractional abundance x(OH) ~ 4 × 10-8. This detection supports the identification by Melnick et al. of the 110-101 transition of water vapor with a 556.936 GHz rest-frequency emission feature detected toward IRC +10216, since OH is the expected photodissociation product of water vapor. The shape of…
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