Discovery of Fulminic Acid, HCNO, in Dark Clouds

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dc.creatorMarcelino, N.
dc.creatorCernicharo, J.
dc.creatorTercero, B.
dc.creatorRoueff, E.
dc.date2008-11-17
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:16:01Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:16:01Z
dc.descriptionWe report on the first detection in space of fulminic acid, HCNO. This isomer of HNCO has been observed in three starless cores, B1, L1544 and L183, and in the low mass star forming region L1527 with a measured abundance ratio of HNCO/HCNO between 40-70. However, HCNO was not detected towards the direction of the cyanopolyyne peak of TMC-1 or towards the Orion Hot Core region. The derived HNCO/HCNO abundance ratio in these cases is greater than 350 and 1000 in TMC-1 and Orion, respectively. We find that CH_2 + NO \to HCNO + H is a key reaction for the formation of fulminic acid. A value of 5.5 10^{-12} cm^3 s^{-1} of the corresponding reaction rate coefficient, as given by Miller et al. (2003), allows to reproduce the observed abundances of fulminic acid in both the observed dark clouds and low mass star forming core, where the determined abundance of HNCO in these regions with respect to molecular hydrogen is 1-5 10^{-10}.
dc.description5 pages, 1 figure, accepted for publication in ApJL
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0811.2679
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0811.2679
dc.identifierAstrophys.J.Lett.690:L27-L30,2009
dc.identifierdoi:10.1088/0004-637X/690/1/L27
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/211672
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleDiscovery of Fulminic Acid, HCNO, in Dark Clouds
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