New detections of HC5N towards hot cores associated with 6.7 GHz methanol masers

We present new detections of cyanodiacetylene (HC5N) towards hot molecular cores, observed with the Tidbinbilla 34 m radio telescope (DSS–34). In a sample of 79 hot molecular cores, HC5N was detected towards 35. These results are counter to the expectation that long chain cyanopolyynes, such as HC5N, are not typically found in hot molecular cores, unlike their shorter chain counterpart HC3N. However, it is consistent with recent models which suggest HC5N may exist for a limited period during the evolution of hot molecular cores.

Citation

Green, C. and Green, J. and Burton, M. and Horiuchi, S. and Tothill, N. and Walsh, A. and Purcell, C. et al. 2014. New detections of HC5N towards hot cores associated with 6.7 GHz methanol masers. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 443 (3): pp. 2252-2263.

Source Title

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

DOI

10.1093/mnras/stu1349

ISSN

0035-8711

School

Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy

Remarks

This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. ©: 2014 The Authors, Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37962

Collection

Curtin Research Publications