CO rotational line emission from a dense knot in Cassiopeia A. Evidence for active post-reverse-shock chemistry

Sofia H.~j. Wallström , Chiara Biscaro , Francisco Salgado , John H. Black (1) , Isabelle Cherchneff , Sebastien Muller (2) , Olivier Berné (3) , Jeonghee Rho (4) , Alexander G.~g.~m. Tielens

1 HSU - Humboldt State University
2 LCA - Laboratoire de Chimie et Applications
3 IRAP - Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie
4 Spitzer Science Center [MS 220-6]

Mots clés: ISM: supernova remnants; submillimeter: ISM; ISM: individual objects: Cassiopeia A; Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies

Domaines: Astrophysique [astro-ph]

Sofia H.~j. Wallström, Chiara Biscaro, Francisco Salgado, John H. Black, Isabelle Cherchneff, et al.. CO rotational line emission from a dense knot in Cassiopeia A. Evidence for active post-reverse-shock chemistry. aap, 2013, 558, pp.L2. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/201322576⟩. ⟨hal-02357113⟩