Discovery of interstellar mercapto radicals (SH) with the GREAT instrument on SOFIA
Discovery of interstellar mercapto radicals (SH) with the GREAT instrument on SOFIA
We report the first detection of interstellar mercapto radicals, obtained along the sight-line to the submillimeter continuum source W49N. We have used the GREAT instrument on SOFIA to observe the 1383 GHz Doublet Pi 3/2 J = 5/2 - 3/2 lambda doublet in the upper sideband of the L1 receiver. …