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Infrared Spectral Identification of Complex Organic Molecules in Interstellar Grains

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

J. Mayo Greenberg  and
Willem Schutte
J. Mayo Greenberg
Affiliation:
Laboratory Astrophysics, University of Leiden, P.O. Box 9504, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
Willem Schutte
Affiliation:
Laboratory Astrophysics, University of Leiden, P.O. Box 9504, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands

Abstract

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The chemical evolution of interstellar grains leads ultimately to a composition consisting largely of complex organic molecules. Comparison of infrared absorption spectra of laboratory produced analogue materials with astronomical observations confirm the presence of similar molecules in interstellar space. The abundance of this complex organic matter derived from the strength of the absorption bands is of the order of ten million solar masses and is almost certainly as large or larger than all conceivable planets.

Type
Section III. Planetary, Interplanetary and Interstellar Organic Matter
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 112: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life: Recent Developments , 1985 , pp. 145 - 150
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1985 

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