Luminescence from interstellar carbons: evidence for diamond-like dust from extended red and near-infrared emission
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- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Vol. 230 (1) , 1P-4P
- https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/230.1.1p
Abstract
Laboratory data on visible and near-infrared emission from hydrogenated amorphous carbon are correlated with observational data on extended red emission and near-infrared continua in astronomical objects. It appears that the observation of extended red emission is indicative of the presence of newly formed carbon dust that is rich in diamond-like material. The relationship between this material and normal interstellar dust is discussed.Keywords
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