The ALMA-PILS survey: First detections of deuterated formamide and deuterated isocyanic acid in the interstellar medium

@article{Coutens2016TheAS,
  title={The ALMA-PILS survey: First detections of deuterated formamide and deuterated isocyanic acid in the interstellar medium},
  author={A. Coutens and J. J{\o}rgensen and M. Wiel and H. Muller and J. Lykke and P. Bjerkeli and T. Bourke and H. Calcutt and M. Drozdovskaya and C. Favre and E. Fayolle and R. Garrod and S. K. Jacobsen and N. Ligterink and K. Oberg and M. Persson and E. Dishoeck and S. Wampfler},
  journal={Astronomy and Astrophysics},
  year={2016},
  volume={590},
  pages={1-10}
}
Formamide (NH2CHO) has previously been detected in several star-forming regions and is thought to be a precursor for different prebiotic molecules. Its formation mechanism is still debated, however. Observations of formamide, related species, and their isopotologues may provide useful clues to the chemical pathways leading to their formation. The Protostellar Interferometric Line Survey (PILS) represents an unbiased, high angular resolution and sensitivity spectral survey of the low-mass… Expand
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