A GBT Legacy Survey of Prebiotic Molecules Toward SgrB2(N-LMH)

The Spectral Line Search Engine (SLiSE):
SLiSE is a data display tool that will contain all the fully reduced and calibrated archived data taken as part of this Legacy survey. SLiSE is fast, easy to use and contains the necessary functionality to display the data taken from spectral line searches. For example, SLiSE contains functions to overlay possible molecule identifications based on a current line catalog as well as overlaying H and He recombination lines. It is a java based applet, so it is platform independent and is easily accessed online. SLiSE will also be made available as a standalone data product where observers can have access to the legacy survey data but do not have to be online as well as having the opportunity to upload their own datasets of interest to search for possible identifications of molecular transitions. Also, the online version does have the capability to upload your own dataset to use the functionality that is offered for line indentification.

In summary, SLiSE will be updated quarterly as long as data are taken during that quarter. Furthermore, both the online and standalone versions will be updated at the same time. This is to assure the community that they will have the most up-to-date data available.

SLiSE and this Legacy survey will be a valuable tool for the NRAO proposal system on the GBT and possibly other instruments. SLiSE will help in avoiding overlap with other proposals or previously archived data in passbands already observed. Furthermore, it will identify any contamination from known interstellar molecules or RFI that may conflict with a new proposed observation.

To this end, we have provided some initial low resolution (390 kHz/channel) data toward SgrB2(N-LMH) and have made the data available using the SLiSE package. Feel free to puruse that data at your convenience. At any time, if you questions, comments, concerns, or additions about this project, please send an email to Anthony Remijan (aremijan AT nrao.edu) or any of the above principal investigators.