GBT20A-038

Is Aromatic Chemistry Everywhere?

Abstract

Very recent observations with the GBT reveal a far more widespread interstellar aromatic chemistry than expected at the earliest stages of star formation. Here, we wish to finish the observations we have already begun, and to substantially expand our sample size, to determine exactly how widespread the phenomenon is, not only across a variety of sources, but also across a range of evolutionary stages.

Investigators

Name	Institution
Andrew Burkhardt	Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian; Wellesley College; Worcester State University
Brett McGuire *	National Radio Astronomy Observatory; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ilsa Cooke	British Columbia, University of; Rennes 1, Université de
Tony Remijan	National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Mark Siebert	Cornell University; Virginia, University of; Chalmers University Of Technology
Kin Long Kelvin Lee	Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
CI XUE	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ryan Loomis	National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Michael McCarthy	Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian

* indicates the PI