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Chemical Kinetics of 2‐, 4‐, and 2,4‐Seleno‐Uracils at Low Temperatures: Tautomerizations and Rotamerizations on Inert Matrices

International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the interstellar medium, chemical reactions proceed under conditions vastly different to those on Earth; these include extremely low temperatures and densities and take place in the gas phase and on water–ice grains. Understanding the energetics and more importantly the kinetics of such reactions is of relevance to the consequences on how ...
Judith Wurmel, John M. Simmie
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CLASSY VII Lyα Profiles: The Structure and Kinematics of Neutral Gas and Implications for LyC Escape in Reionization-era Analogs

The Astrophysical Journal, 2023
Ly α line profiles are a powerful probe of interstellar medium (ISM) structure, outflow speed, and Lyman-continuum escape fraction. In this paper, we present the Ly α line profiles of the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) Legacy Archive Spectroscopic ...
Weida Hu, Crystal L. Martin, Max Gronke, Simon Gazagnes, Matthew Hayes, John Chisholm, Timothy Heckman, Matilde Mingozzi, Namrata Roy, Peter Senchyna, Xinfeng Xu, Danielle A. Berg, Bethan L. James, Daniel P. Stark, Karla Z. Arellano-Córdova, Alaina Henry, Anne E. Jaskot, Nimisha Kumari, Kaelee S. Parker, Claudia Scarlata, Aida Wofford, Ricardo O. Amorín, Naunet Leonhardes-Barboza, Jarle Brinchmann, Cody Carr, Alessandra Aloisi   +25 more
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Interstellar absorption lines toward gamma Arae

The Astrophysical Journal, 1975
The available data on interstellar absorption lines in the spectrum of gamma Ara observed from the ground and with the Copernicus telescope have been analyzed to give column densities of various ion stages of H, C, N, O, Na, Mg, Si, P, S, Ar, Ca, Mn, and Fe.
D. C. Morton, E. M. Hu
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From Flybys to Sample Return: A Review of Space Probes and Robotic Sampling Technologies for Small Bodies

Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As a crucial puzzle piece of deep space exploration, exploring small bodies can provide significant scientific insights and valuable mineral resources. Unlike missions to the Moon and Mars, small‐body missions pose distinct technical challenges, including communication delays, weak gravity, and uncertain environments. This paper reviews a full
Xin Zhang, Hao Zhou, Dalin Zhou, Zhaojie Ju   +3 more
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Regarding the Detection of Interstellar C4 and C5 Molecules

The Astrophysical Journal
Analysis of very high signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) spectra of reddened stars allowed us to determine an upper limit (UL) of the column density N (C _4 ).
G. A. Galazutdinov, E. I. Kazanina, J. Krełowski   +2 more
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Investigating interstellar dust along the line of sight of GX 13+1 using different dust-size distributions

Astronomy & Astrophysics
Context. High-resolution X-ray spectroscopy offers a powerful tool to investigate the physical and chemical properties of dust grains, especially through the analysis of absorption edges of elements such as oxygen, magnesium, silicon, and iron, which are
Vaia B., Zeegers S. T., Abril-Cabezas I., Costantini E.   +3 more
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Interstellar absorption lines in the galaxy NGC 1705

The Astrophysical Journal, 1990
The possibility is considered, and shown to be plausible, that the strong C IV and Si IV absorption lines in low-resolution ultraviolet spectra of gas-rich dwarf galaxies are primarily interstellar, not stellar as has been supposed. The argument is based on analogies with H II regions in the Local Group, on low-resolution equivalent width measurements ...
D. G. York, A. Caulet, P. Rybski, J. Gallagher, J. C. Blades, D. C. Morton, W. Wamsteker   +6 more
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The Great Cosmic Silence: What Does the Fermi Paradox Tell About the Future of Humanity?

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how institutional time horizons shape the long‐term survival prospects of human technological civilisation. While research on global catastrophic and existential risks has expanded, the temporal structures of political‐economic institutions remain underexamined.
Heikki Patomäki
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Predicted profiles of ultraviolet interstellar absorption lines

The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 1991
In this paper, values of the column density, line width parameter, and velocity are determined for as many components derived from optical interstellar absorption-line profiles of Na I and K I as needed to reproduce the observed high-resolution optical profiles of the D lines of Na I toward eight lightly reddened stars and of the 7698 A line of K I ...
D. E. Welty, L. M. Hobbs, D. G. York
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Evaluating maturity of organic matter in hydrated C1 and CM‐like clasts and a dehydrated clast within a polymict eucrite and a howardite

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Volatile‐rich xenolithic clasts in different types of brecciated meteorites represent unique pristine solar system material. This study investigates the maturity and thermal history of organic matter using Raman spectroscopy and aqueous alteration effects using infrared spectroscopy in the matrix of 15 volatile‐rich clasts (C1 and CM‐like ...
Swarna Prava Das, Alessandro Maturilli, Aurélie Van den Neucker, Markus Patzek, Dipak Kumar Panda, Gopal K. Pradhan, Guneshwar Thangjam, Surya Snata Rout   +7 more
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