Aromatic hydrocarbons in very small interstellar grains

Authors
Wickramasinghe, NC Hoyle, F Al-Jubory, T
Citation
Nc. Wickramasinghe et al., Aromatic hydrocarbons in very small interstellar grains, ASTRO SP SC, 268(1-3), 1999, pp. 311-316
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE
ISSN journal
0004640X → ACNP
Volume
268
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
311 - 316
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-640X(1999)268:1-3<311:AHIVSI>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
We show that the recently observed 3.3 mu m emission feature in the diffuse radiation from the galactic disk might be due to an ensemble of aromatic m olecules distributed within very small interstellar grains. The same partic les also provide an explanation of the lambda 2 200 Angstrom interstellar a bsorption feature.