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Diffuse Interstellar Lines and Chemical Characterization of Interstellar Dust

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2017

Fred M. Johnson
Fred M. Johnson*
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Electro-Optical Systems, Inc., Pasadena, California

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The Problem of Chemical Identification of the interstellar dust grains has vexed astronomers for over three decades. The earliest evidence for the mere presence of interstellar dust was deduced from the observation of stars (via star counts) in the Milky Way. The best presently available clues for possible chemical identification are spectroscope data, particularly the diffuse (hitherto unidentified) interstellar absorption lines. This paper is concerned primarily with a discussion of new theoretical interpretations of the spectroscopic data.

Much related information on the dust grains was obtained from observations of space reddening, its wavelength dependence, and from interstellar polarization. Furthermore, correlation of space reddening and the strength of some of the diffuse lines is important to the discussion of possible chemical identification of the dust.

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Research Article
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International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 7: Proper Motions , August 1965 , pp. 229 - 240
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Copyright © Kluwer Academic Publishers 1965

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