Affiliation:
1. California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Abstract
The so-called molecular ring has been mostly absent from astrochemical observations despite containing the bulk of the Milky Way’s molecular matter. A pilot survey of 11 molecular-ring giant molecular clouds with ALMA reveals new chemical stockrooms.
Funder
National Science Foundation
Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation
NASA Astrobiology Institute
NASA Exoplanet Science Institute
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Subject
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry