Laboratory Study of Reactive Molecules of Interest to Radio Astronomy: A Program of Research and Instrumental Development

哈佛大学的撒迪厄斯和戈特利布博士将继续 分子的实验室研究计划， 天体物理学兴趣。 在NSF的支持下， 开发的设备，研究排放特性的一个 星际空间中可能存在的分子数量。 开发阶段基本完成，主要 该补助金的重点将是测量， 应用于天文观测。 实验室研究可能存在于 星际气体和星周壳层中的气体 在鉴定外来物种中的重要一部分方面的作用 现在已知存在于太空中的分子。 这一努力是 新毫米波、亚毫米波加速 天文台刚刚开始运作。 撒迪厄斯博士 戈特利布将继续领导一个领先的实验室 美国的天体物理学研究。

Drs. Thaddeus and Gottlieb at Harvard University will continue a program of laboratory investigation of molecules which are of astrophysical interest. With prior NSF support they have developed equipment for studying the emission characteristics of a number of molecules which may be present in interstellar space. The development phase is essentially complete, and the major emphasis with this grant will be on measurements which can be applied to astronomical observations. Laboratory research on molecules which may be present in interstellar gas and in circumstellar shells has played a crucial role in the identification of a significant fraction of the exotic molecules which are now known to exist in space. This effort is quickening because of new millimeter-wave and submillimeter-wave observatories which are just beginning operation. Drs. Thaddeus and Gottlieb will continue to direct one of the leading laboratory astrophysics research efforts in the United States.