Detection of nitric oxide in the dark cloud L134N

D. McGonagle; L. M. Ziurys; W. M. Irvine; Y. C. Minh

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Detection of nitric oxide in the dark cloud L134N

D. McGonagle, L. M. Ziurys, W. M. Irvine, Y. C. Minh

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We report the first detection of interstellar nitric oxide (NO) in a cold dark cloud, L134N. Nitric oxide was observed by means of its two ²Π_1/2, J = 3/2 → 1/2, rotational transitions at 150.2 and 150.5 GHz, which occur because of Λ-doubling. The inferred column density for L134N is N_NO ∼ 5 × 10¹⁴ cm^-2 toward the SO peak in that cloud. This value corresponds to a fractional abundance relative to molecular hydrogen of f_N0 ∼ 6 × 10^-8 and is in good agreement with predictions of quiescent cloud ion-molecule chemistry. NO was not detected toward the dark cloud TMC-1 at an upper limit of f_NO ≤ 3 ×10^-8.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	121-124
Number of pages	4
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	359
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/169040
State	Published - Aug 10 1990

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Interstellar: molecules
Nebulae: abundances

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Space and Planetary Science

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