Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Apr 1989
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989anph...14..169k&link_type=abstract
Ann. Phys. (Paris), Vol. 14, No. 2, p. 169 - 179
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Carbon: Interstellar Molecules
Scientific paper
The recent discovery that a uniquely stable, spheroidal, carbon molecule consisting of 60 atoms, C60 Buckminsterfullerene, forms spontaneously when carbon vapour nucleates has opened up a new and exciting perspective on the chemical and physical properties of carbon. The observations, shed new light on the detailed mechanism of the carbon clustering process itself and appear to have particularly important implications as far as carbon particle formation is concerned in such varied scenarios as combustion chemistry and circumstellar dust formation. The results suggest that in addition to the chains and grains, the C60 molecule, probably in the form of the ion C60+ in the less shielded regions, is ubiquitously present and perhaps responsible for some of the interstellar spectroscopic features such as the diffuse interstellar bands. The rôle that C60, C60+ and icospiral carbonaceous particles play in the interstellar medium should soon be accessible to verification by a combination of laboratory experiment and astronomical spectroscopy.
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