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May 2011
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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #218, #129.22; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011
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Many astrophysical environments exhibit a spectral feature at around 10 microns, which has long been attributed to amorphous silicates, but whose precise nature remains a mystery. Furthermore, the astronomically observed feature varies from location to location, and even within a given object both spatially and temporally. There have been many laboratory studies of potential cosmic dust analogs attempting to determine the exact nature of this dust, but most of those studies have failed to produce laboratory spectra that precisely match the observed astronomical spectra. We present new high-resolution spectra of a selection of silicate glasses whose compositions cover those expected to form in cosmic environments. These include synthetic endmember glasses of major mineral groups such as melilites (akermanite, gehlenite), pyroxenes (enstatite), olivines (forsterite) and silica; glasses produced by remelting natural mineral samples that contain iron and other elements; and a synthetic "cosmic” silicate glass with solar relative abundances of Mg, Si, Ca, Na and Al. Across the compositional range of 12 samples the 10 micron feature changes in peak position by more than a micron, as well as in shape. We discuss the effects of both compositional and structural factors on spectral features in these glassy silicates and we compare our new laboratory glass spectra with synthetic amorphous silicate spectra currently used in most models of dusty astrophysical environments. The synthetic spectra do not match either peak position or shape of any of our glass samples.
Hofmeister Anne
Speck Angela
Whittington Alan
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