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May 2011
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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #218, #318.04; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011
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Infrared observations are uniquely able to observe the astrophysical processes deep within dusty regions and to provide key information on the characteristics of the dust itself. This information is critical for learning the role of dust in gas physics, for exploring how dust processing occurs, and for understanding the formation and destruction mechanisms of dust grains. Though relevant astronomical and ground-based observations already exist, the properties of dust at these long wavelengths are poorly known, and since observed spectral features of dust are used to infer characteristics of the surrounding neighborhood, these large uncertainties lead to ambiguity in interpretation. The OPASI-T program addresses the need for high fidelity optical characterization data in the far and mid infrared, aiming at the creation of a unique library of the optical properties of metal-enriched silicate condensates. Such database will cover a wide wavelength range connecting numerical data with laboratory and astronomical spectra in the mid infrared, while providing new data in the unexplored far-infrared and millimeter regime. Both new and established experiments are used to measure the transmission and reflection properties of amorphous silicates across the infrared, which are then analyzed by way of numerical methods in order to determine the variations of their optical constants and complex dielectric function as a function of wavelength. I will present room-temperature measurements of SiO in a KBr matrix from 5 to 25 μm and its optical properties as derived from a least-squares nonlinear fit applied to a mixed approach coupling the Maxwell-Garnett theory, the Lorentz dispersive model for mixtures, and the averaged equation for transmission. This material is based upon work supported by NASA through the ROSES/APRA program. This research was supported by an appointment (Cataldo) at the Goddard Space Flight Center administered by Universities Space Research Association through a contract with NASA.
Benford Dominic
Cataldo Giuseppe
Dwek Eli
Kinzer R. E.
Nuth Joe
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