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Major
Areas of Research

Metal-Containing Molecules
Prebiotic
Organic Molecules
in
Circumstellar Envelopes
in Molecular Clouds
Molecules in Comets
Galactic Isotope Ratios
Telescopes Used


Recent Ziurys
Group Astrochemistry
Research Detection of a
New Metal Containing Molecule, AlNC, in IRC+10216
Astrochemistry Links Lovas Line
Catalog
Interstellar
Molecule List
Rotational
Spectroscopy and Observing Molecules in the Interstellar Medium
Representative Publications
"The 12C/13C
Isotope Gradient Derived From Millimeter Transitions of CN: The Case
for Galactic Chemical Evolution", S.N. Milam, C. Savage, L. M. Ziurys,
and S. Wyckoff, Astrophys. J., submitted.
"Ion Chemistry in Photon-Dominated Regions:
Examining the [HCO+]/[HOC+]/[CO+]
Chemical Network", C. Savage and L. M. Ziurys, Astrophys. J.,
616, 966 (2004). Reprint
"HCO+ Observations Toward Comet
Hale-Bopp (C/1995 01): Ion-Molecule Chemistry and Evidence for a
Volatile Secondary Source", S.N. Milam, C. Savage, L. M. Ziurys, and S.
Wyckoff, Astrophys. J., 615, 1054 (2004). Reprint
"Detection of MgNC in CRL 618: Tracing Metal
Chemistry With Asymptotic Giant Branch Evolution", J. L. Highberger and
L. M. Ziurys, Astrophys. J., 597, 1065 (2003). Reprint
"A Model for the Formation of High-Density
Clumps in Proto-Planetary Nebulae", P. A. Young, J. L. Highberger, D.
Arnett, and L. M. Ziurys, Astrophys. J., 597, L53 (2003). Reprint
"The Salty Scrambled Egg: Detection of NaCl
Toward CRL 2688", J. L. Highberger, K. J. Thomson, P. A. Young, D.
Arnett, and L. M. Ziurys, Astrophys. J., 593, 393 (2003). Reprint
"Galactic 12C/13C
Ratios from Millimeter-Wave Observations of Interstellar CN ", C.
Savage, A. J. Apponi, L. M. Ziurys, and S. Wyckoff, Astrophys. J. ,
578, 211 (2002). Reprint
"More Metal Cyanide Species: Detection of AlNC
(X1S+) toward
IRC+10216", L. M. Ziurys, C. Savage, J. L. Highberger, A. J. Apponi, M.
Guelin, and J. Cernicharo, Astrophys. J., 564,
L45 (2002). Reprint
"Heavy Metal Chemistry in Proto-Planetary
Nebulae: Detection of MgNC, NaCN, and AlF Towards CRL 2688", J. L.
Highberger, C. S. Savage, J. H. Bieging, and L. M. Ziurys, Astrophys.
J., 562, 790 (2001). Reprint
"Evaluating the N/O Chemical Network: The
Distribution of N2O and NO in the Sagittarius B2 Complex",
D. T. Halfen, A. J. Apponi, and L. M. Ziurys, Astrophys. J.,
561,
244 (2001). Reprint
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