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Boundary conditions for the paleoenvironment: Chemical and Physical Processes in dense interstellar cloudsThe present research includes searches for important new interstellar constituents; observations relevant to differentiating between different models for the chemical processes that are important in the interstellar environment; and coordinated studies of the chemistry, physics, and dynamics of molecular clouds which are the sites or possible future sites of star formation. Recent research has included the detection and study of four new interstellar molecules; searches which have placed upper limits on the abundance of several other potential constituents of interstellar clouds; quantitative studies of comparative molecular abundances in different types of interstellar clouds; investigation of reaction pathways for astrochemistry from a comparison of theory and the observed abundance of related species such as isomers and isotopic variants; studies of possible tracers of energenic events related to star formation, including silicon and sulfur containing molecules; and mapping of physical, chemical, and dynamical properties over extended regions of nearby cold molecular clouds.
Document ID
19860017375
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Irvine, W. M.
(Massachusetts Univ. Amherst, MA, United States)
Schloerb, F. P.
(Massachusetts Univ. Amherst, MA, United States)
Ziurys, L. M.
(Massachusetts Univ. Amherst, MA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1986
Publication Information
Publication: NASA, Washington Second Symposium on Chemical Evolution and the Origin and Evolution of Life
Subject Category
Space Biology
Accession Number
86N26847
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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