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Prebiotic molecules in interstellar space: Rotational spectroscopy and quantum chemistry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2020

Cristina Puzzarini Open the ORCID record for Cristina Puzzarini [Opens in a new window]
Cristina Puzzarini*
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Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, University of Bologna, Via F. Selmi 2, I-40126, Bologna, Italy email: cristina.puzzarini@unibo.it
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Abstract

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The starting point for the development of any astrochemical model is the knowledge of whether a molecule is present in the astrophysical environment considered, with the astronomical observations of spectroscopic signatures providing the unequivocal proof of its presence. Among the goals of astrochemistry, the detection of potential prebiotic molecules in the interstellar medium and planetary atmospheres is fundamental in view of possibly understanding the origin of life. The detection of new molecules in space requires the spectroscopic signatures (mostly, rotational transition frequencies) to be accurately determined over a large frequency range. This task is more and more often the result of a synergic interplay of experiment and theory.

Keywords

AstrochemistryISM: moleculesmolecular datamethods: laboratory
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 15 , Symposium S350: Laboratory Astrophysics: From Observations to Interpretation , April 2019 , pp. 65 - 70
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