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Large Interstellar and Cometary Biomolecules

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

Lewis E. Snyder*
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Illinois, 1002 W. Green, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA

Abstract

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The relevance of hot molecular cores (HMCs) to the solar nebula has been strengthened as evidence emerges for a hot core phase in low mass star formation regions. Consequently, interferometric studies of large highly saturated molecules of biological interest (biomolecules) in HMCs have been extended to comets. A key goal is the interferometric detection and mapping of large biomolecules, which could be formed along chemical pathways similar to those for HMC species.

Type
I. Joint Discussions
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2005

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