Physics – Geophysics
Scientific paper
2010-05-13
Physics
Geophysics
Scientific paper
None of the well established Nitrogen related IR absorption bands, common in synthetic and terrestrial diamonds, have been identified in the pre-solar diamond spectra. In the carbonado diamond spectra only the single nitrogen impurity (C centre) is identified and the assignments of the rest of the nitrogen-related bands are still debated. It is speculated that the unidentified bands in the Nitrogen absorption region are not induced by Nitrogen but rather by Nitrogen-hydrides because in the interstellar environment Nitrogen reacts with Hydrogen and forms NH+; NH; NH2; NH3. Among these Hydrides the electronic configuration of NH+ is the closest to Carbon. Thus this ionized Nitrogen-mono-hydride is the best candidate to substitute Carbon in the diamond structure. The bands of the substitutional NH+ defect are deduced by red shifting the irradiation induced N+ bands due to the mass of the additional Hydrogen. The six bands of the NH+ defects are identified in both the pre-solar and the carbonado diamond spectra. The new assignments identify all of the nitrogen-related bands in the spectra, indicating that pre-solar and carbonado diamonds contain only single nitrogen impurities.
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