未確認の恒星間赤外線帯: PAHsが媒介体として?
S Schlemmer1, D J Cook, J A Harrison
1Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley 94720-1460, USA.
まとめ
ナフタレンとピレンの実験室の赤外線スペクトルは,天文学的観測と一致しません. これは,小型のポリサイクル芳香炭化水素が,宇宙における未確認の赤外線放射帯の原因ではないことを示唆している.
科学分野:
- アストロケミストリー アストロケミストリー
- スペクトロスコーピーは,スペクトロスコーピーを用います.
背景:
- 天文学的物体は,未確認の赤外線放射帯を示している.
- ポリサイクル芳香炭化水素 (PAH) は,これらの帯域の潜在的キャリアである.
- ナフタレンとピレンは,小規模で代用されていないPAHsを代表しています.
研究 の 目的:
- ガス相ナフタレンとピレンの赤外線放射スペクトルを測定する.
- 未確認の赤外線放射帯の天文観測と実験室のスペクトルを比較する.
- 小規模で代替されていないPAHが天文観測を説明できるかどうかを判断する.
主な方法:
- ガス相ナフタレンとピレンの赤外線放射スペクトルを測定した.
- 測定は3〜7.5マイクロメートルの範囲で行われました.
- 紫外線レーザー脱吸収刺激と単光子計数赤外線スペクトロスコーピーを採用した.
主要な成果:
- 研究室のスペクトルと天文学的データとの間に大きな不一致が見られた.
- 波長とスペクトル特性の相対的強度は一致しなかった.
- ナフタレンとピレンの実験室の放射スペクトルは,観測された天文帯を複製しませんでした.
結論:
- 小型,中性,非置換のポリサイクル芳香炭化水素は,未確認の赤外線放射帯の媒介体である可能性は低い.
- 天文物における未確認の赤外線放射帯の起源は不明である.
- これらのスペクトル特徴に起因する分子を特定するためにさらなる研究が必要である.
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