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Interstellar Molecule Identification

Interstellar Molecule Identification is a scientific method in microwave spectroscopy that uniquely determines the chemical composition of molecules in space by matching observed rotational transition frequencies with laboratory-measured spectral signatures.

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Detection of two interstellar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons via spectral matched filtering

Science · 2021 · 470 citations · Full text

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Detection of two interstellar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons via spectral matched filtering

DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) · 2021 · 390 citations · Full text

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Laboratory and astronomical identification of cyclopropenylidene, C3H2

P. Thaddeus, J. M. Vrtilek, C. A. Gottlieb · The Astrophysical Journal · 1985 · 369 citations

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A Rigorous Attempt to Verify Interstellar Glycine

The Astrophysical Journal · 2005 · 313 citations · Full text

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Considerations Regarding Interstellar Molecules

P. Swings, L. Rosenfeld · The Astrophysical Journal · 1937 · 289 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. JC
    J. Cernicharo

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    11 publications · 692 citations

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  2. PT
    P. Thaddeus

    Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, United States

    12 publications · 1.4K citations

    11

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  3. WM
    William M. Irvine

    University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States

    9 publications · 764 citations

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  4. MO
    Masatoshi Ohishi

    Misato Observatory, Japan

    8 publications · 758 citations

    8

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  5. JG
    Jean‐Claude Guillemin

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    8 publications · 209 citations

    8

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269

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    18 h-index

    83 publications

    3.5K citations

  2. National Radio Astronomy Observatory

    Charlottesville, United States

    16 h-index

    28 publications

    3.6K citations

  3. University of Virginia

    Charlottesville, United States

    13 h-index

    20 publications

    3.3K citations

  4. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    11 h-index

    16 publications

    2.6K citations

  5. Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules

    Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France

    10 h-index

    24 publications

    686 citations

  6. Centro de Astrobiología

    Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain

    9 h-index

    38 publications

    1.6K citations

  7. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    9 h-index

    17 publications

    1.5K citations

  8. University of Cologne

    Cologne, Germany

    9 h-index

    14 publications

    599 citations

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Venues

  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 47 publications · 4.4K citations

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  2. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    28 publications · 1.3K citations

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  4. The Astrophysical Journal Letters

    8 publications · 627 citations

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  5. Nature

    5 publications · 321 citations

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