LABORATORY AND ASTRONOMICAL DISCOVERY OF HYDROMAGNESIUM ISOCYANIDE
@article{Cabezas2013LABORATORYAA, title={LABORATORY AND ASTRONOMICAL DISCOVERY OF HYDROMAGNESIUM ISOCYANIDE}, author={Carlos Cabezas and Jos{\'e} Cernicharo and J. L. Alonso and Marcelino Ag{\'u}ndez and Santiago Mata and M. Gu{\'e}lin and Isabel Pe{\~n}a}, journal={The Astrophysical Journal}, year={2013}, volume={775} }
We report on the detection of hydromagnesium isocyanide, HMgNC, in the laboratory and in the carbon-rich evolved star IRC+10216. The J = 1–0 and J = 2–1 lines were observed in our microwave laboratory equipment in Valladolid with a spectral accuracy of 3 KHz. The hyperfine structure produced by the nitrogen atom was resolved for both transitions. The derived rotational constants from the laboratory data are B0 = 5481.4333(6) MHz, D0 = 2.90(8) KHz, and eQq(N) = −2.200(2) MHz. The predicted…
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