Near-Infrared Emission of Highly Excited CO: - A Sensitive Probe to Study the Interstellar Medium??

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Nov 2002

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NASA Laboratory Astrophysics Workshop, held May 1-3 2002 at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000. Publisher:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Among the various spectroscopic features of the second most abundant molecule in the space, CO "the triplet triplet transitions involving the lowest triplet state a3II and the higher-lying α' ~ d3 Δ, ɛ states spanning near-UV to mid-JR spectral range" have so far not been explored in astrophysical observations. The energies of these transitions are highly sensitive to the surroundings in which CO exists, i.e. gas-phase, polar or non-polar condensed phase. It is proposed here that these triplet-triplet emission / absorption bands can be used as a sensitive probe to investigate the local environments of CO whether in the planetary atmosphere, stellar atmosphere or interstellar medium.

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