Interstellar Grains -- The 75th Anniversary
Astrophysics
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
The year of 2005 marks the 75th anniversary since Trumpler (1930) provided the first definitive proof of interstellar grains by demonstrating the existence of general absorption and reddening of starlight in the galactic plane. This article reviews our progressive understanding of the nature of interstellar dust.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0503569,
title = {Interstellar Grains -- The 75th Anniversary},
author = {Aigen Li},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0503569},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
invited review article for the "Light, Dust and Chemical Evolution" conference (Gerace, Italy, 26--30 September 2004), edited by F. Borghese and R. Saija, 2005, in press