Observations of the Outer Heliosphere, Heliosheath, and Interstellar Medium. [PDF]
Space Sci Rev, 2022 The Voyager spacecraft have left the heliosphere and entered the interstellar medium, making the first observations of the termination shock, heliosheath, and heliopause.
Richardson JD +5 more
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Detection of Buckminsterfullerene emission in the diffuse interstellar medium. [PDF]
Astron Astrophys, 2017 Emission of fullerenes in their infrared vibrational bands has been detected in space near hot stars. The proposed attribution of the diffuse interstellar bands at 9577 and 9632 Å to electronic transitions of the buckminsterfullerene cation (i.e ...
Berné O, Cox NLJ, Mulas G, Joblin C.
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Top-down formation of fullerenes in the interstellar medium. [PDF]
Astron Astrophys, 2015 Fullerenes have been recently detected in various circumstellar and interstellar environments, raising the question of their formation pathway. It has been proposed that they can form at the low densities found in the interstellar medium by the photo ...
Berné O, Montillaud J, Joblin C.
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High-energy Gamma Rays from the Milky Way: Three-dimensional Spatial Models for the Cosmic-Ray and Radiation Field Densities in the Interstellar Medium. [PDF]
Astrophys J, 2017 High-energy γ-rays of interstellar origin are produced by the interaction of cosmic-ray (CR) particles with the diffuse gas and radiation fields in the Galaxy.
Porter TA +2 more
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GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS IN THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM: VOYAGER 1 OBSERVATIONS AND MODEL RESULTS. [PDF]
Astrophys J, 2016 Cummings AC +8 more
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The Cold Interstellar Medium of Galaxies in the Local Universe [PDF]
Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2022 The cold interstellar medium (ISM) plays a central role in the galaxy evolution process. It is the reservoir that fuels galaxy growth via star formation, the repository of material formed by these stars, and a sensitive tracer of internal and external ...
A. Saintonge, B. Catinella
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The Astrodust+PAH Model: A Unified Description of the Extinction, Emission, and Polarization from Dust in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium [PDF]
Astrophysical Journal, 2022 We present a new model of interstellar dust in which large grains are a single composite material, “astrodust,” and nanoparticle-sized grains come in distinct varieties including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). We argue that a single-composition
B. Hensley, B. Draine
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Precursors of the RNA World in Space: Detection of (Z)-1,2-ethenediol in the Interstellar Medium, a Key Intermediate in Sugar Formation [PDF]
Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2022 We present the first detection of (Z)-1,2-ethenediol, (CHOH)2, the enol form of glycolaldehyde, in the interstellar medium toward the G+0.693−0.027 molecular cloud located in the Galactic Center.
V. Rivilla +22 more
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Thiols in the Interstellar Medium: First Detection of HC(O)SH and Confirmation of C2H5SH [PDF]
Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2021 The chemical compounds carrying the thiol group (-SH) have been considered essential in recent prebiotic studies regarding the polymerization of amino acids.
L. Rodríguez-Almeida +10 more
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Measurement of MHD Turbulence Properties by Synchrotron Radiation Techniques
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2022 It is well known that magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence is ubiquitous in astrophysical environments. The correct understanding of the fundamental properties of MHD turbulence is a pre-requisite for revealing many key astrophysical processes.
Jian-Fu Zhang +2 more
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