From Diffuse Interstellar Bands to comets: the organic connection
International audienceThe analysis of dust grains collected by Rosetta spacecraft from comet 67/P Churyumov-Gerasimenko has shown that are constituted of about the same amount of minerals and of large organic molecules.
Lallement, Rosine, Bertaux, Jean-Loup
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Anomalous Extinction and Diffuse Interstellar Bands In the Direction of 2 Be Stars
The Be stars HD 44458 and HD 63462, characterized by peculiar extinction curves, were observed spectroscopically in the range of well-known diffuse interstellar bands - DIBs - (5780, 5797, 6196 and 6203 angstrom). The lack of some of the diffuse features
J. KRELOWSKI +2 more
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VELOCITY STRUCTURE IN THE DIFFUSE INTERSTELLAR BANDS
Author Institution: Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, University of Colorado; Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The University of Chicago; Departments of Chemistry and Astronomy, University of; Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Department ...
Drosback, Meredith M. +9 more
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Diffuse Interstellar Band Formation in Dense Clouds
Measurements of the strengths of the diffuse interstellar bands at 4430, 5780 and 5797 Å show that the bands tend to be weak with respect to extinction in dense interstellar clouds.
Cohen, Judith G., Snow, Theodore P., Jr.
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Mapping the diffuse interstellar bands
Context. Diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) are faint absorption features of a generally unknown origin. Observational constraints on their carriers have been provided in the vast majority of the cases thanks to observations in our Galaxy.
J. C. Stroo +4 more
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Are aromatic hydrocarbons the carriers of the diffuse interstellar bands in the visible?
Large Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) are the likely origin of the Unidentified Infrared Emission Feature. The molecules or their ions are also attractive candidates for the carriers of the Diffuse Interstellar Bands (DIBs) in the visible range ...
Leger, A., Dhendecourt, L.
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UNUSUALLY WEAK DIFFUSE INTERSTELLAR BANDS TOWARD HD 62542
As part of an extensive survey of diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs), we have obtained optical spectra of the moderately reddened B5 V star HD 62542, which is known to have an unusual UV extinction curve of the type usually identified with dark clouds ...
Theodore P. Snow +6 more
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Ion Spectroscopy in the Context of the Diffuse Interstellar Bands: A Case Study with the Phenylacetylene Cation. [PDF]
Douglas-Walker TE +8 more
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Iron Complexes as Potential Carriers of Diffuse Interstellar Bands: The Photodissociation Spectrum of Fe<sup>+</sup>(H<sub>2</sub>O) at Optical Wavelengths. [PDF]
Juanes M +7 more
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Wavelength-dependent photofragmentation of pyrazine. [PDF]
Payra SS, Thakkar P, Lenka Y, Aravind G.
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