Organic Model of Interstellar Grains

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Apr 1987

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987ap%26ss.132..409y&link_type=abstract

Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 132, Issue 2, pp.409-414

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Extinction efficiency of grains is calculated from the Mie formula on the premise that the grains are of organic composition. The optical constants adopted for the calculations are those of E. coli, polystyrene and bovine albumin. The grain radius a is assumed to obey a distribution of the form N(a) ∝ a-α and the value of α is chosen so as to make the calculated extinction curve match the observed interstellar extinction curve. Although the calculated curve gives a reasonably good fit to the observed extinction curve for wavelengths less than 2100 Å, at longer wavelength regions, agreement is poor. It is concluded that another component is required for the organic model to be viable.

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