Keywords :
astrochemistry - circumstellar matter - stars AGB and post-AGB - stars: individual (IRC +10216, VY CMa) - supergiants
Abstract:A low noise (1{sigma}rms~3mK) 1mm spectral survey (214.5-285.5GHz) of the oxygen-rich supergiant VY Canis Majoris and the carbon-rich asymptotic giant branch star IRC +10216 has been conducted using the Arizona Radio Observatory's 10m Submillimeter Telescope. Here the complete data set is presented. This study, carried out with a new ALMA-type receiver, marks the first continuous band scan of an O-rich circumstellar envelope, and the most sensitive survey to date of IRC+10216. In VY CMa, 130 distinct molecular lines were detected, 14 of which cannot be identified; in IRC +10216, 717 lines were observed, with 126 features remaining unidentified. In the 1mm bands of VY CMa and IRC +10216, emission is present from 18 and 32 different chemical
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