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Putting the Diffuse Interstellar Bands on the Map – Literally!

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2014

J. Th. van Loon
J. Th. van Loon*
Affiliation:
Lennard-Jones Laboratories, Keele University, ST5 5BG, UK email: j.t.van.loon@keele.ac.uk
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Abstract

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In a quest to further our understanding of the diffuse interstellar medium (ISM) as well as the unidentified carriers of the diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs), we are mapping DIBs across the sky using hundreds of hot stars as background torches – globular clusters (in particular ω Centauri), nearby stars in and around the Local Bubble, and stars within the Magellanic Clouds. I describe the results so far obtained and our current experiments.

Keywords

atlasessurveysISM: lines and bandsISM: moleculesISM: structureglobular clusters: individual: ω Centauri (NGC 5139)local interstellar matterMagellanic Clouds
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 9 , Symposium S297: The Diffuse Interstellar Bands , May 2013 , pp. 79 - 83
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2014 

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