Identification of the lambda 2 200 angstrom interstellar absorption feature

Authors
Hoyle, F Wickramasinghe, NC
Citation
F. Hoyle et Nc. Wickramasinghe, Identification of the lambda 2 200 angstrom interstellar absorption feature, ASTRO SP SC, 268(1-3), 1999, pp. 301-303
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE
ISSN journal
0004640X → ACNP
Volume
268
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
301 - 303
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-640X(1999)268:1-3<301:IOTL22>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
We show that heterocyclic aromatic compounds could explain the interstellar absorption feature at 2 200 Angstrom, requiring 10% of the available inter stellar C and N to be tied up in this form.