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We present observations which probe the small-scale structure of the interstellar medium using diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs). Towards HD 168075/6 in the Eagle Nebula, significant differences in DIB absorption are found between the two…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-10-24 Keith T. Smith , Martin A. Cordiner , Peter J. Sarre

We investigate the absorption signals of a strong diffuse interstellar band, DIB$\lambda4430$, in the circumgalactic medium (CGM) traced by MgII absorption lines. To this end, we make use of approximately 60,000 MgII absorption line spectra…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-01 Chih-Yuan Chang , Ting-Wen Lan

Interstellar diffuse bands are usually extracted from hot star spectra because they are characterized by smooth continua. It introduces a strong limitation on the number of available targets, and reduces potential studies of the IS matter…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Hui-Chen Chen , Rosine Lallement , Carine Babusiaux , Lucky Puspitarini , Piercarlo Bonifacio , Vanessa Hill

Diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) can trace different conditions of the ISM along the sightline toward the observed stars. A small survey was made in optical wavelengths, producing high resolution and high signal to noise spectra. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-16 J. Kos , T. Zwitter

We study how diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) measured toward distance-distributed target stars can be used to locate dense interstellar (IS) clouds in the Galaxy and probe a line-of-sight (LOS) kinematical structure, a potential useful…

Diffuse Interstellar Bands (DIBs) are non-stellar weak absorption features of unknown origin found in the spectra of stars viewed through one or several clouds of Interstellar Medium (ISM). Research of DIBs outside the Milky Way is…

The spectrum of any star viewed through a sufficient quantity of diffuse interstellar material reveals a number of absorption features collectively called diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs). The first DIBs were reported 90 years ago, and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-03 T. R. Geballe , F. Najarro , D. F. Figer , B. W. Schlegelmilch , D. de la Fuente

We report the first spectroscopic observations of a background star seen through the region between the ionization front and the dissociation front of the nebula IC 63. This photodissociation region (PDR) exhibits intense extended red…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-02-05 Thomas S. -Y. Lai , Adolf N. Witt , Carlos Alvarez , Jan Cami

We report the first detection of the 5705 and 5780 A Diffuse Interstellar Bands (DIBs) in a moderate redshift Damped Lyman alpha (DLA) system. We measure a rest frame equivalent width of 63.2 +- 8.7 mA for the 5705 and 216+-9 mA for the…

We present a comprehensive survey of diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) in $0.91-1.32\mu$m with a newly-developed near-infrared (NIR) spectrograph, WINERED, mounted on the Araki 1.3 m Telescope in Japan. We obtained high-resolution…

Diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) are absorption features commonly observed in optical/near-infrared spectra of stars and thought to be associated with polyatomic molecules that comprise a significant reservoir of organic material in the…

Diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) are common interstellar absorption features in spectroscopic observations but their origins remain unclear. DIBs play an important role in the life cycle of the interstellar medium (ISM) and can also be…

Diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) are broad absorption features associated with interstellar dust and can serve as chemical and kinematic tracers. Conventional measurements of DIBs in stellar spectra are complicated by residuals between…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-09-01 Andrew K. Saydjari , Ana Sofía M. Uzsoy , Catherine Zucker , J. E. G. Peek , Douglas P. Finkbeiner

We present a new database of 5780.5 and 6283.8 {\AA} DIB measurements and also study their correlation with the reddening. The database is based on high-resolution, high-quality spectra of early-type nearby stars located in the southern…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-05 Séverine Raimond , Rosine Lallement , Jean-Luc Vergely , Carine Babusiaux , Laurent Eyer

The Diffuse Interstellar Bands (DIBs) are absorption features seen in the spectra of astronomical objects, that arise in the interstellar medium. Today more than 500 DIBs have been observed mostly in the optical and near-infrared…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-12-11 Leander Schlarmann , Bernard Foing , Jan Cami , Haoyu Fan

We establish correlations between equivalent widths of eight diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs), and examine their correlations with atomic hydrogen, molecular hydrogen, and EB-V . The DIBs are centered at \lambda\lambda 5780.5, 6204.5,…

We are using five different surveys to compile the largest sample of diffuse interstellar band (DIB) measurements ever collected. GOSSS is obtaining intermediate-resolution blue-violet spectroscopy of ~2500 OB stars, of which 60% have…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-16 J. Maíz Apellániz , A. Sota , R. H. Barbá , N. I. Morrell , A. Pellerin , E. J. Alfaro , S. Simón-Díaz

We present high-resolution echelle spectroscopic observations of the two near- infrared (NIR) Diffuse Interstellar Bands (DIBs) at 13175 A and 11797.5 A. The DIBs have been observed in a number of diffuse interstellar medium sightlines that…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 M. G. Rawlings , A. J. Adamson , T. H. Kerr

This paper considers a very special set of a few interstellar features --- broad diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) at 4430, 4882, 5450, 5779 and 6175 \AA\AA. The set is small, and measurements of equivalent widths of these DIBs are…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-03-06 G. Galazutdinov , A. Bondar , Byeong-Cheol Lee , R. Hakalla , W. Szajna , J. Krełowski

We discuss the absorption due to various constituents of the interstellar medium of M82 seen in moderately high resolution, high signal-to-noise ratio optical spectra of SN 2014J. Complex absorption from M82 is seen, at velocities 45 $\le$…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 Daniel E. Welty , Adam M. Ritchey , Julie A. Dahlstrom , Donald G. York