Gisbert Winnewisser

TL;DR: The Cologne Database for Molecular Spectroscopy (CDMS) as discussed by the authors contains a catalog of transition frequencies from the radio-frequency to the far-infrared region covering atomic and molecular species that (may) occur in the interstellar or circumstellar medium or in planetary atmospheres.

TL;DR: The catalog section of the Cologne Database for Molecular Spectroscopy (CDMS) has been created to provide the astronomical community with line frequencies of atoms and molecules of astronomical interest as mentioned in this paper, which is available on the internet free of charge.

TL;DR: The submillimeter wave astronomy satellite (SWAS) mission as mentioned in this paper is dedicated to the investigation of star formation and interstellar chemistry, and it will survey dense molecular clouds within the Milky Way Galaxy in either the ground state or a low-lying transition of five astrophysically significant species: H2O, H2(18)O, O2, C I and (13)CO.

TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that gaseous H2O and O2 are not dominant carriers of elemental oxygen in molecular clouds, and that the available oxygen is presumably frozen on dust grains in the form of molecular ices, with a significant portion potentially remaining in atomic form, along with CO, in the gas phase.

TL;DR: In this article, Wang et al. measured the Q-branch rotational lines of H2S2 in the frequency range 80 to 200 Gc/sec, those of D2S 2, in the range from 60 to 220 Gc /sec.