Interstellar Dust

1971 ◽  
pp. 70-84
Author(s):  
H. Elsässer
Keyword(s):  
Interstellar Dust

Chemical evolution of interstellar dust, comets and the origins of life

1989 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Mayo Greenberg ◽  
Nansheng Zhao ◽  
Joniek Hage
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Evolution ◽  
Interstellar Dust ◽  
Origins Of Life

PRONAOS observations of the interstellar medium: New insights on interstellar Dust

2002 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 9-9
Author(s):  
I. Ristorcelli ◽  
B. Stepnik ◽  
X. Dupac ◽  
A. Abergel ◽  
J. P. Bernard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Interstellar Medium ◽  
Interstellar Dust

Extinction Curves, Distances, and Clumpiness of Diffuse Interstellar Dust Clouds

1999 ◽  
Vol 117 (5) ◽  
pp. 2226-2243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arpad Szomoru ◽  
Puragra Guhathakurta
Keyword(s):  
Interstellar Dust ◽  
Dust Clouds

A study of interstellar dust

Astrophysics ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 224-228
Author(s):  
I. N. Minin
Keyword(s):  
Interstellar Dust

Capture of Interplanetary and Interstellar Dust by the Jovian Magnetosphere

Science ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 280 (5360) ◽  
pp. 88-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. E. Colwell
Keyword(s):  
Interstellar Dust ◽  
Jovian Magnetosphere

Temperature fluctuations in interstellar dust grains

1979 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Per A. Aannestad ◽  
Scott J. Kenyon
Keyword(s):  
Interstellar Dust ◽  
Temperature Fluctuations ◽  
Dust Grains ◽  
Interstellar Dust Grains

scholarly journals DIBs, Interstellar Dust, and Extinction

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (S297) ◽  
pp. 147-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. C. Clayton
Keyword(s):  
Interstellar Medium ◽  
Interstellar Dust ◽  
Dust Grains ◽  
Weak Correlation ◽  
Interstellar Clouds ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThe relationship between DIBs and dust is still unknown. The correlation between reddening and DIB strength means that the DIBs are mixed in with the dust and gas in interstellar clouds. The DIBs are relatively stronger in the diffuse interstellar medium than in dense clouds. There is only a weak correlation between the DIBs and the UV extinction parameters including the 2175 Å bump strength and the far-UV rise. In addition, the bump dust grains are sometimes polarized, while the DIBs are not. However, observations of DIBs in the SMC show that when the 2175 Å bump is weak or missing so are the DIBs. Two of the four sightlines that deviate strongly from the CCM UV extinction in the Galaxy show weak DIBs.

scholarly journals What can the occult do for you?

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (S321) ◽  
pp. 248-250
Author(s):  
B. W. Holwerda ◽  
W. C. Keel
Keyword(s):  
Interstellar Dust ◽  
Probability Function ◽  
Great Accuracy ◽  
Extinction Curve ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Fine Scale ◽  
Grain Composition ◽  
Field Unit ◽  
Integral Field

AbstractInterstellar dust is still a dominant uncertainty in Astronomy, limiting precision in e.g., cosmological distance estimates and models of how light is re-processed within a galaxy. When a foreground galaxy serendipitously overlaps a more distant one, the latter backlights the dusty structures in the nearer foreground galaxy.Such an overlapping or occulting galaxy pair can be used to measure the distribution of dust in the closest galaxy with great accuracy. The STARSMOG program uses Hubble to map the distribution of dust in foreground galaxies in fine (<100 pc) detail. Integral Field Unit (IFU) observations will map the effective extinction curve, disentangling the role of fine-scale geometry and grain composition on the path of light through a galaxy.The overlapping galaxy technique promises to deliver a clear understanding of the dust in galaxies: geometry, a probability function of dimming as a function of galaxy mass and radius, and its dependence on wavelength.

Interstellar Dust and Diamonds

Nature ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 221 (5176) ◽  
pp. 160-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
WILLIAM C. SASLAW ◽  
JOHN E. GAUSTAD
Keyword(s):  
Interstellar Dust

scholarly journals Quantum tunneling observed without its characteristic large kinetic isotope effects

2015 ◽  
Vol 112 (24) ◽  
pp. 7438-7443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetsuya Hama ◽  
Hirokazu Ueta ◽  
Akira Kouchi ◽  
Naoki Watanabe
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Kinetics ◽  
Quantum Tunneling ◽  
Interstellar Dust ◽  
Isotope Effects ◽  
Kinetic Isotope Effects ◽  
State Theory ◽  
Dust Particles ◽  
Interplanetary Dust Particles ◽  
Chemical Systems ◽  
Kinetic Isotope

Classical transition-state theory is fundamental to describing chemical kinetics; however, quantum tunneling is also important in explaining the unexpectedly large reaction efficiencies observed in many chemical systems. Tunneling is often indicated by anomalously large kinetic isotope effects (KIEs), because a particle’s ability to tunnel decreases significantly with its increasing mass. Here we experimentally demonstrate that cold hydrogen (H) and deuterium (D) atoms can add to solid benzene by tunneling; however, the observed H/D KIE was very small (1–1.5) despite the large intrinsic H/D KIE of tunneling (≳100). This strong reduction is due to the chemical kinetics being controlled not by tunneling but by the surface diffusion of the H/D atoms, a process not greatly affected by the isotope type. Because tunneling need not be accompanied by a large KIE in surface and interfacial chemical systems, it might be overlooked in other systems such as aerosols or enzymes. Our results suggest that surface tunneling reactions on interstellar dust may contribute to the deuteration of interstellar aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons, which could represent a major source of the deuterium enrichment observed in carbonaceous meteorites and interplanetary dust particles. These findings could improve our understanding of interstellar physicochemical processes, including those during the formation of the solar system.

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