LABORATORY ASTROPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR ASTRONOMY OF PURE CARBON MOLECULES

P F  BERNATH

LABORATORY ASTROPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR ASTRONOMY OF PURE CARBON MOLECULES

Chemistry

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Abstract

The pure carbon molecules C-n are currently of great experimental and theoretical interest. Our work in this area begins with detection of the SiC molecule, which is isovalent with C-2. New infrared electronic transitions of C-2 and C-3 were discovered by emission spectroscopy of hydrocarbon dicharges. The C-3 and C-5 molecules were found by infrared vibration-rotation spectroscopy of the prototypical obscured carbon star, IRC+10216. C-7 and C-9 were searched for in the same source, but not found. The laboratory infrared emission spectrum of C-60 was recorded to aid in a search for C-60 in extraterrestrial sources.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	15-23
Number of pages	9
Journal	ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH
Volume	15
Issue number	3
Publication status	Published - 1994

Keywords

LASER ABSORPTION-SPECTROSCOPY
INFRARED FREQUENCIES
C-3
TRANSITION
CLUSTERS
BAND
VIBRATION
SYSTEM
C2

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