Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jan 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986ap%26ss.118..411o&link_type=abstract
(IAU, Asian-Pacific Regional Meeting, 3rd, Kyoto, Japan, Sept. 30-Oct. 5, 1984) Astrophysics and Space Science (ISSN 0004-640X),
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Carbonaceous Materials, Cosmic Dust, Interstellar Extinction, Ultraviolet Absorption, Absorption Spectra, Cosmic Plasma, Graphite, Quenching (Cooling)
Scientific paper
The dependence of the wavelength of peak absorption of dust grains on the grain size is in- vestigated analytically by using an oscillator model for the absorption band. The peak wavelength of a weak absorption band is much less sensitive to the grain size than that of a strong band. This is explained by the fact that the surface mode, which is excited in the strong absorption band, is not raised in the weak absorption band. A quenched carbonaceous composite (QCC) synthesized from hydrocarbon plasma is found to have a weak absorption band at 220 nm. The absorption peak wavelength of the QCC grains falls well in the range of 217 ± 7 nm even if the grain size runs from 5 to 100 nm. This is compatible with the observed constancy of the 220 nm hump (217 ± 5 nm). By contrast, the absorption peak of graphite grains, which have a strong band around 280 nm and have been investigated as candidates for the hump, is very sensitive to the grain size. A quite narrow range of the grain size is required to account for the observed 220 nm feature. A weak absorption model, such as the QCC grains, is suggested to be a more likely candidate for the 220 nm extinction hump than a strong absorption model, such as graphite grains
Nakada Yoshikazu
Onaka Takashi
Sakata Ayaka
Tanabe Tatsuyoshi
Wada Shohei
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