The diffuse interstellar bands: A major problem in astronomical spectroscopy

By P. Sarre. 2006

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A critical review of the very long-standing problem of the diffuse interstellar bands is presented with emphasis on spectroscopic aspects of observational, modelling and laboratory-based research. Some research themes and ideas that could be explored theoretically and experimentally are discussed. The article is based on the Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy Review Lecture presented at the 60th Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, June 2005.

Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy

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In Astronomy and Astrophysics

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2. Jun Ye
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5. T. Snow
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Citations in the corpus

• STUDIES OF THE DIFFUSE INTERSTELLAR BANDS. III. HD 183143 (2009, unknown): “…the longstanding challenge of convincingly identifying the various large molecules that are widely assumed to cause these absorption features (e.g., Herbig 1995; Snow 1995; Hudgins & Allamandola 1999; Le Page et al. 2003; Webster 2004; Sarre 2006; Cordiner & Sarre 2007; Pathak & Sarre 2008).”
• Cavity-enhanced direct frequency comb spectroscopy (2008, background): “In astrochemistry, for example, it is believed that many of the currently unidentified visible to near-IR absorption bands, collectively termed the diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs), may be due to interstellar absorption from molecular ions [215, 216].”
• A Catalog of Diffuse Interstellar Bands in the Spectrum of HD 204827 (2008, background): “INTRODUCTION The diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) are widely assumed to be caused by largemolecules, which have not yet been conclusively identified (Herbig 1995; Sarre 2006).”