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Rotational spectroscopy for astrophysical investigations

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This account is an attempt of providing a brief, but exhaustive overview on the possible applications of rotational spectroscopy in the field of astrophysics and astrochemistry.

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The author acknowledges fruitful collaboration as well as discussions with Prof. G. Cazzoli.

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Paper presented at the Symposium “Astrochemistry: molecules in space and time” (Rome, 4–5 November 2010), sponsored by Fondazione “Guido Donegani”, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.

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Puzzarini, C. Rotational spectroscopy for astrophysical investigations. Rend. Fis. Acc. Lincei 22, 165–172 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12210-011-0120-x

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