Deep observations of O2toward a low-mass protostar withHerschel-HIFI

2013/07/26 by Umut A. Yıldız, Kinsuk Acharyya, Paul F. Goldsmith +14 · 69 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Chemical Physics Studies #Astronomical spectroscopy #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Emission spectrum #Interstellar medium #Line (geometry) #Molecular cloud #Protostar #Spectral line #astro-ph.SR

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201321944

published in Astronomy and Astrophysics 558, A58 (EDP Sciences) · 15 pages, 13 figures, accepted by Astronomy & Astrophysics

openalex publication_date 2013/07/26 · arxiv created 2013/07/30 · arxiv updated 2013/07/31 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context. According to traditional gas-phase chemical models, O2 should be abundant in molecular clouds, but until recently, attempts to detect interstellar O2 line emission with ground- and space-based observatories have failed.

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