Fullerenes, Organics and the Diffuse Interstellar Bands
Abstract
The status of DIB research has strongly advanced since 20 years [1], as well as the quest for fullerenes, PAHs and large organics in space. In 1994 we reported the discovery of two near IR diffuse bands coincident with C60+, confirmed in subsequent years [2-6] and now by latest laboratory experiments. A number of DIB observational studies have been published, dealing with: DIB surveys [1,7-10]; measurements of DIB families, correlations and environment dependences [11-14]; extragalactic DIBs [15, 16]. Resolved substructures were detected [17,18] and compared to predicted rotational contours by large molecules [19]. Polarisation studies provided upper limits constraints [20, 21]. DIBs carriers have been linked with organic molecules observed in the interstellar medium [22-25] such as IR bands (assigned to PAHs), Extended Red Emission or recently detected Anomalous Microwave Emission (AME, assigned to spinning dust) and with spectroscopic IR emission bands measured with ISO or Spitzer. Fullerenes and PAHs have been proposed to explain some DIBs and specific molecules were searched in DIB spectra [eg 2-6, 26-31]. These could be present in various dehydrogenation and ionisation conditions [32,33]. Experiments in the laboratory and in space [eg 34-36] allow to measure the survival and by-products of these molecules. We review DIB observational results and their interpretation, and discuss the presence of large organics, fullerenes, PAHs, graphenes in space. References [1] Herbig, G. 1995 ARA&A33, 19; [2] Foing, B. & Ehrenfreund, P. 1994 Natur 369, 296; [3] Foing, B. & Ehrenfreund, P. 1997 A&A317, L59; [4] Foing, B. & Ehrenfreund, P. 1995 ASSL202, 65; [5] Ehrenfreund, P., Foing, B. H. 1997 AdSpR19, 1033; [6] Galazutdinov, G. A. et al. 2000 MNRAS317, 750; [7] Jenniskens, P., Desert, F.-X. 1994 A&AS106, 39; [8] Ehrenfreund, P. et al. 1997 A&A318, L28; [9] Tuairisg, S. Ó. et al. 2000 A&AS142, 225; [10] Cox, N. et al. 2005 A&A438, 187; [11] Cami, J. et al. 1997A&A.326, 822; [12] Krelowski, J. et al. 1999A&A 347, 235; [13] Sonnentrucker, P., Cami, J., Ehrenfreund, P., Foing, B. H. 1997 A&A 327, 1215; [14] Sonnentrucker, P., Foing, B. H., Breitfellner, M., Ehrenfreund, P. 1999 A&A 346, 936; [15] Cox, N. et al. 2007 A&A 470, 941; [16] Ehrenfreund, P. et al. 2002 ApJ 576 L117; [17] Ehrenfreund, P.; Foing, B. H. 1996 A&A 307 L25; [18] Sarre, P. J. et al. 1995 MNRAS.277 L41; [19] Cossart-Magos, C. & Leach, S. 1990 A&A 233, 559; [20] Cox, N. L., Ehrenfreund, P., Foing, B. H. et al. 2011 A&A 531, 25; [21] Cox, N. L., Boudin, N., Foing, B. H. et al. 2007 A&A 465, 899; [22] Ehrenfreund, P. & Charnley, S. 2000 ANRAA 38, 427; [23] Scarrott, S. M., Watkin, S., Miles, J. R., Sarre, P. J. 1992 MNRAS 255, 11; [25] Planck Collaboration, 2011 A&A 536 20 (Planck early results. XX.); [26] Ehrenfreund, P. et al. 1995 A&A 299; 213; [27] Ehrenfreund, P. & Foing, B. H 1995 P&SS 43, 1183; [28] van der Zwet, G. P., Allamandola, L. J. 1985 A&A 146 76; [29] Salama, F. et al. 1996 ApJ 458, 621; [30] Ruiterkamp, R. et al. 2005 A&A 432, 515; [31] Ruiterkamp, R. et al. 2002 A&A 390, 1153; [32] Vuong, M. H. & Foing, B. H 2000 A&A 363, L5; [33] Le Page, V. et al 2001 ApJS 132, 233; [34] Ehrenfreund, P et al. 2007 P&SS 55, 383; [35] Bryson, K. L., Peeters, Z., Salama, F., Foing, B., Ehrenfreund, P. et al. 2011 AdSpR 48, 1980; [36] Mattioda, A., Cook, A., Ehrenfreund, P. et al. 2012 AsBio 12, 841.
- Publication:
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41st COSPAR Scientific Assembly
- Pub Date:
- July 2016
- Bibcode:
- 2016cosp...41E.614F