The comet-like composition of a protoplanetary disk as revealed by complex cyanides

Karin I. Öberg (), Viviana V. Guzmán, Kenji Furuya, Chunhua Qi, Yuri Aikawa, Sean M. Andrews, Ryan Loomis and David J. Wilner
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Karin I. Öberg: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
Viviana V. Guzmán: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
Kenji Furuya: Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, PO Box 9513, 2300 CA Leiden, The Netherlands
Chunhua Qi: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
Yuri Aikawa: Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodaicho, Nada Ward, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture 657-0013, Japan
Sean M. Andrews: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
Ryan Loomis: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
David J. Wilner: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA

Nature, 2015, vol. 520, issue 7546, 198-201

Abstract: The detection of complex cyanides in the protoplanetary disk around the young star MWC 480, and the similarity of their abundance ratios to those found in comets, implies that the rich organic chemistry of our solar nebula was not unique.

Date: 2015
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