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Interstellar and Interplanetary Grains

Recent Developments and New Opportunities for Experimental Chemistry

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Laboratory Astrophysics and Space Research

Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library ((ASSL,volume 236))

Abstract

The mineralogy of interstellar grains is established in the fiery death throes of the stars and characterized to varying degrees by telescopic observations of absorption bands against the background of other stars, by studies of the infrared emission of dusty circumstellar shells, and by analyses of materials separated from meteorites and Interplanetary Dust Particles (IDPs) captured in the lower stratosphere of the Earth. The mineralogy of interplanetary dust was established at the birth of the solar system. These topics have been reviewed on many occasions from the perspective of the analysis of IDPs (Sandford, 1986; Bradley, 1988; Rietmeijer, 1998) or the theoretical interpretation of Interstellar Extinction Spectra (Dorschner and Henning, 1995). We intend to take a very different perspective: that of an experimental chemist using the full range of laboratory studies of IDPs, presolar grains and analog materials to set limits on the processing history of solid materials in astrophysical environments. We warn the reader that some of the conclusions drawn from this perspective are at odds with currently accepted models of grains in the interstellar medium or with interpretations of specific features in IDPs and meteorites. These areas are fertile ground for experimental studies, and analytical or observational programs that will look for the subtle details by which one might distinguish between these alternate hypotheses.

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Nuth, J.A., Hallenbeck, S.L., Rietmeijer, F.J.M. (1999). Interstellar and Interplanetary Grains. In: Ehrenfreund, P., Krafft, C., Kochan, H., Pirronello, V. (eds) Laboratory Astrophysics and Space Research. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 236. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4728-6_6

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