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Fullerenes in Circumstellar and Interstellar Environments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2015

Jan Cami
Jan Cami*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, The University of Western Ontario, London ON N6A 3K7, Canada email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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In recent years, the fullerene species C60 (and to a lesser extent also C70) has been reported in the mid-IR spectra of various astronomical objects. Cosmic fullerenes form in the circumstellar material of evolved stars, and survive in the interstellar medium (ISM). It is not entirely clear how they form or what their excitation mechanism is.

Keywords

Astrochemistry(stars:) circumstellar matterISM: moleculesinfrared: ISM
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 10 , Highlights H16: Highlights of Astronomy , August 2012 , pp. 705 - 706
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2015 

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