实验室证实C60 ((+) 是两个星际波段的载体
E K Campbell1, M Holz1, D Gerlich2
1Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 80, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.
Nature
|July 17, 2015
概括
研究人员确定了导致星际波段扩散的分子. 实验室光谱证实,巴克明斯特富勒烯离子 (C60+) 在星际气体中产生特定的吸收线.
科学领域:
- 天体化学
- 光谱学
- 天体物理学
背景情况:
- 分散星际带 (DIB) 是红色恒星的光谱中观察到的未识别的吸收线.
- 根据矩阵隔离实验,先前的研究表明buckminsterfullerene离子 (C60+) 是两个DIB的潜在载体.
研究的目的:
- 确认C60+作为9,632和9,577英里恒星间波段的载体.
- 获取C60+的气相吸收光谱,以便直接与天文观测进行比较.
主要方法:
- 对C60+进行了实验室气相光谱.
- C60+离子被冷却到5.8克尔文以模拟星际条件.
- 测量和分析了吸收光谱.
主要成果:
- 气相C60+的实验室光谱显示吸收最大值为9,632.7±0.1斯特罗姆和9,577.5±0.1斯特罗姆.
- 测量到的波长和波段形状与之前观察到的星际波段非常相匹配.
- 在半最大的全宽度被确定为2.2±0.2 ångströms和2.5±0.2 ångströms.
结论:
- 在9,632和9,577的星际波段被确定为起源于C60+.
- 这一发现提供了实验室测量和星际分子的天文观测之间的关键联系.
- 鉴定出C60+是DIB的载体,有助于我们更好地了解星际化学和星际介质的组成.
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