Detection of the 2165 inverse centimeter (4.619 micron) XCN band in the spectrum of L1551 IRS 5

Tegler, Stephen C. and Weintraub, David A. and Allamandola, Louis J. and Sandford, Scott A. and Rettig, Terrence W. and Campins, Humberto (1993) Detection of the 2165 inverse centimeter (4.619 micron) XCN band in the spectrum of L1551 IRS 5. The Astrophysical Journal, 411 (1). pp. 260-265. ISSN 1538-4357

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Abstract

We report the detection of a broad absorption band at 2165/cm in the spectrum of L1551 IRS 5. New laboratory results over the 2200-2100/cm wavenumber interval, performed with realistic interstellar ice analogs, suggest that this feature is due to a CN-containing compound. We will refer to this compound as XCN. We also confirm the presence of frozen CO through absorption bands at 2140/cm and 2135/cm. The relative abundance of solid state CO to frozen H2O is about 0.13 while the abundance of XCN seems comparable to that of frozen CO.

Item Type:	Article
Publisher’s Statement:	© 1993 The American Astronomical Society. Published in The Astrophysical Journal.
ID number or DOI:	10.1086/172825
Keywords:	Carbon Monoxide, Cyano Compounds, Infrared Spectroscopy, Interstellar Matter, Molecular Clouds, Spectral Bands, Cosmic Dust, Ice, Methane, Methyl Alcohol, Pre-Main Sequence Stars
Subjects:	Q Science > QB Astronomy
NAU Depositing Author Academic Status:	Faculty/Staff
Department/Unit:	College of Engineering, Forestry, and Natural Science > Physics and Astronomy
Date Deposited:	21 Dec 2015 17:14
URI:	http://openknowledge.nau.edu/id/eprint/1849

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