Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Apr 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990nascp3061..319a&link_type=abstract
In its Carbon in the Galaxy: Studies from Earth and Space p 319-320 (SEE N90-27562 21-88)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Carbonaceous Materials, Comets, Infrared Radiation, Interplanetary Dust, Meteorites, Photoluminescence, Raman Spectra, Solar System, Ultraviolet Radiation, Astronomy, Cyclic Hydrocarbons, Deuterium, Enrichment, Hydrogen, Interstellar Space, Stellar Envelopes, Vibration
Scientific paper
The Raman spectra of interplanetary dust particles (IDPs) collected in the stratosphere show two bands at about 1350 and 1600 delta cm(-1) and a broader feature between 2200 and 3300 delta cm(-1) that are characteristic of aromatic molecular units with ordered domains smaller than 25A in diameter. This suggests that the carbonaceous material in IDPs may be similar to the polymeric component seen in meteorites, where this material is thought to consist of aromatic molecular units that are randomly inter-linked by short aliphatic bridges. The features in the Raman spectra of IDPs are similar in position and relative strength to interstellar infrared emission features that have been attributed to vibrational transitions in free molecular polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). The Raman spectra of some IDPs also showed photoluminescence that is similar to the excess red emission from some astronomical objects and that has also been attributed to PAHs and PAH-related materials. Moreover, a part of the carbonaceous phase in IDPs contains deuterium to hydrogen ratios that are far greater than those found in terrestrial samples. Deuterium enrichment is expected in small free PAHs that are exposed to ultraviolet radiation in the interstellar medium. Taken together, these observations suggest that some fraction of the carbonaceous material in IDPs may have been produced in circumstellar dust shells and only slightly modified in interstellar space. Since many, if not most, IDPs come from comets, this supports the view that cometary material contains primitive components which can provide clues about early solar system (and perhaps even interstellar and circumstellar) processes.
Allamandola Louis J.
Sandford Scott A.
Wopenka Brigitte
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