On Ultrasmall Silicate Grains in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium

Details On Ultrasmall Silicate Grains in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium On Ultrasmall Silicate Grains in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium

2000-12-06

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0012147v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Submitted to ApJ Letters, 11 pages, 4 figures, Latex

Scientific paper

10.1086/319640

The abundance of both amorphous and crystalline silicates in very small grains is limited by the fact that the 10 micron silicate emission feature is not detected in the diffuse ISM. On the basis of the observed IR emission spectrum for the diffuse ISM, the observed ultraviolet extinction curve, and the 10 micron silicate absorption profile, we obtain upper limits on the abundances of ultrasmall (a < 15 Angstrom) amorphous and crystalline silicate grains. Contrary to previous work, as much as ~20% of interstellar Si could be in a < 15 Angstrom silicate grains without violating observational constraints. Not more than ~5% of the Si can be in crystalline silicates (of any size).

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