Organic Nanoparticles as a Component of the Interstellar Medium
Abstract
Mixed aromatic/aliphatic organic nanoparticles (MAON) are suggested as the carrier of the unidentified infrared emission (UIE) features. The carriers of the diffuse interstellar bands (DIB) may be gas-phase molecular products released from MAON in the interstellar medium.
- Publication:
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The Diffuse Interstellar Bands
- Pub Date:
- February 2014
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2014IAUS..297..213K
- Keywords:
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- astrochemistry;
- ISM: dust;
- planetary nebulae: general;
- stars: mass loss