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A Kramers-Kronig Analysis of Interstellar Extinction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

R. Y. Chiao
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, University of California, Berkeley 94720, Calif., U.S.A.
M. J. Feldman
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, University of California, Berkeley 94720, Calif., U.S.A.
P. T. Parrish
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, University of California, Berkeley 94720, Calif., U.S.A.

Abstract

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Integrals over the observed spectrum of interstellar extinction to 9 μm–1 are related to known laboratory properties of specific compounds. Using Lα hydrogen densities and cosmic abundance ratios, many suggested grain materials can be eliminated.

Type
Part I Extinction
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1973 

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