Amanda Steber

Dr. Amanda Steber

Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Valladolid, 47011 Valladolid, Spain

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Academic Career Length

18Years (2009-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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13 February 2013 in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
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DZDaniel P. Zaleski
Daniel P. Zaleski
NSNathan A. Seifert
Nathan A. Seifert
ASAmanda Steber
Amanda Steber
MMMatt T. Muckle
Matt T. Muckle
RLRyan A. Loomis
Ryan A. Loomis
BPBrooks H. Pate
Brooks H. Pate

13 February 2013 in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
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RLRyan A. Loomis
Ryan A. Loomis
DZDaniel P. Zaleski
Daniel P. Zaleski
ASAmanda Steber
Amanda Steber
JNJustin L. Neill
Justin L. Neill
MMMatthew T. Muckle
Matthew T. Muckle
JCJoanna F. Corby
Joanna F. Corby

1 June 2015 in Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy
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NSNathan A. Seifert
Nathan A. Seifert
IFIan A. Finneran
Ian A. Finneran
CPCristobal Perez
Cristobal Perez
DZDaniel P. Zaleski
Daniel P. Zaleski
JNJustin L. Neill
Justin L. Neill
BPBrooks H. Pate
Brooks H. Pate

2 August 2017 in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
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CPCristobal Perez
Cristobal Perez
ASAmanda Steber
Amanda Steber
SDSérgio R. Domingos
Sérgio R. Domingos
AKAnna Krin
Anna Krin
DSDavid Schmitz
David Schmitz
MSMelanie Schnell
Melanie Schnell

9 June 2014 in The Astrophysical Journal
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JNJustin L. Neill
Justin L. Neill
EBEdwin A. Bergin
Edwin A. Bergin
DLDariusz C. Lis
Dariusz C. Lis
PSPeter Schilke
Peter Schilke
NCNathan R. Crockett
Nathan R. Crockett
SYShanshan Yu
Shanshan Yu

18 October 2024 in Astronomy & Astrophysics
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JCJ. Cernicharo
J. Cernicharo
CCC. Cabezas
C. Cabezas
RFR. Fuentetaja
R. Fuentetaja
MAM. Agúndez
M. Agúndez
BTB. Tercero
B. Tercero
PVP. de Vicente
P. de Vicente
We report the discovery in TMC-1 of two cyano derivatives of the PAH acenaphthylene (C12H8). We have found two series of lines with the QUIJOTE line survey that we assign to 1-C12H7CN and 5-C12H7CN. For the 1-isomer, we have detected and assigned 173 rotational transitions with J up to 46 and Ka up to 9, corresponding to 107 independent frequencies. For the 5-isomer, the identification is based on 56 individual lines, corresponding to 117 rotational transitions with J up to 40 and Ka up to 8. Identification of the carriers was achieved through a careful analysis of the derived rotational constants, which permit us to focus on molecules larger than naphthalene but smaller than anthracene and phenanthrene. Moreover, the derived rotational constants indicate that the species are planar; this allows us to discard derivatives of fluorene and acenaphthene, which are non-planar species. Quantum chemical calculations and subsequent chemical synthesis of these molecules, as well as the observation of their rotational transitions in the laboratory, unequivocally support our identifications. We also confirm, via a robust line-by-line detection, the previous claimed detection of 1- and 2-cyanonaphthalene, which were obtained through statistical stacking techniques. The column densities of 1- and 5-cyanoacenaphthylene are (9.5 ± 0.9) × 1011 cm−2, while those of 1- and 2-cyanonapthalene are (5.5 ± 0.5) × 1011 cm−2. Hence, it seems that acenaphthylene could be a factor of 1.7 more abundant than naphthalene. These results support a scenario in which PAHs grow in cold dark clouds based on fused five- and six-membered carbon rings.