Recent Results of Solid-State Spectroscopy
Abstract
Solid state spectroscopy continues to be an important source of information on the mineralogical composition and physical properties of dust grains both in space and on planetary surfaces. With only a few exceptions, artificially produced or natural terrestrial analog materials, rather than 'real' cosmic dust grains, are the subject of solid state astrophysics. The Jena laboratory has provided a large number of data sets characterizing the UV, optical and infrared properties of such cosmic dust analogs. The present paper highlights recent developments and results achieved in this context, focussing on 'non-standard conditions' such as very low temperatures, very high temperatures and very long wavelengths.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1201.2692,
title = {Recent Results of Solid-State Spectroscopy},
author = {Cornelia Jäger and Thomas Posch and Harald Mutschke and Simon Zeidler and Akemi Tamanai and Bernard L. de Vries},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.2692},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
15 pages, 10 figures. Contribution to an IAU Conference "The Molecular Universe" held in Toledo in June 2011