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We aim to make use of the measurements from the Giraffe Inner Bulge Survey (GIBS) and the Gaia$-$ESO survey (GES) to study the kinematics and distance of the carrier of DIB$\,\lambda$8620, as well as other properties. We successfully…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-10-27 H. Zhao , M. Schultheis , A. Rojas-Arriagada , A. Recio-Blanco , P. de Laverny , G. Kordopatis , F. Surot

Information on the existence and properties of diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) outside the optical domain is still limited. Additional infra-red (IR) measurements and IR-optical correlative studies are needed to constrain DIB carriers and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-04-13 M. Elyajouri , R. Lallement , A. Monreal-Ibero , L. Capitanio , N. L. J. Cox

It is well known that interstellar spectral features correlate with color excess E(B$-$V). This suggests that measuring intensities of these features allows one to estimate reddening of stars. The aim of this paper is to check how tight…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-08-01 J. Krelowski , G. Galazutdinov , V. Godunova , A. Bondar

The paper describes profile broadening and peak wavelength variation of diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) measured for 46 lines of sight, probably caused by physical properties of intervening clouds. Full width at half maximum of four…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-08-30 J. Krełowski , G. A. Galazutdinov , P. Gnaciński , R. Hakalla , W. Szajna , R. Siebenmorgen

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

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 have investigated the behaviour of three strong near-infrared diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) at {\lambda}13177 {\AA}, {\lambda}14680 {\AA}, and {\lambda}15272 {\AA}, on a larger sample of sightlines and over a wider range of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-06-28 R. Castellanos , F. Najarro , M. Garcia , L. R. Patrick , T. R. Geballe

The diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) probably arise from complex organic molecules whose strength in local galaxies correlates with neutral hydrogen column density, N(HI), and dust reddening, E(B-V). Since CaII absorbers in quasar (QSO)…

More than 500 diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) have been observed in astronomical spectra, and their signatures and correlations in different environments have been studied over the past decades to reveal clues about the nature of the…

The ongoing Gaia mission of ESA will provide accurate spatial and kinematical information for a large fraction of stars in the Galaxy. Interstellar extinction and line absorption studies toward a large number of stars at different distances…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-12-22 Tomaž Zwitter , Janez Kos

We study the behavior of eight diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) in different interstellar environments, as characterized by the fraction of hydrogen in molecular form [$f$(H$_2$)], with comparisons to the corresponding behavior of various…

The interpretation of the more than 300 diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) is one of the most long-standing problems in interstellar spectra since the two first bands were reported in 1921. We now predict the frequencies of 260 diffuse…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-08-07 Leif Holmlid

The tendency of some diffuse interstellar band (DIB) carriers to concentrate in the outer, UV-illuminated layers of molecular clouds (MCs)--the ``skin effect''--makes their spatial distribution a powerful probe of their physical nature. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-09 He Zhao , Lu Li

The systematic analysis of the correlations between diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) is extended to weak DIBs through the comprehensive catalogue of the Apache Peak Observatory (APO) of 559 DIBs in 25 lines of sight with diverse…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-09-04 Alain Omont

CONTEXT: The unparalleled characteristics of Gaia photometry make it an excellent choice to study stellar variability. AIMS: To measure the phot. dispersion in G+G_BP+G_RP of the 145 677 450 Gaia DR3 5-parameter sources with G <= 17 mag and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-20 J. Maíz Apellániz , G. Holgado , M. Pantaleoni González , J. A. Caballero

The discovery of the first diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) dates back to the pioneering years of stellar spectroscopy. Today, we know about 300 absorption structures of this kind. There exists a great variety of the profiles and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-12-11 B. Wszolek

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

This paper presents a spectral survey of diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) in the NIR range, from 0.9 to 2.5 micron. The observations were designed to detect new DIBs, confirm previously proposed NIR DIBs, and characterise their behaviour…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-10-01 N. L. J. Cox , J. Cami , L. Kaper , P. Ehrenfreund , B. H. Foing , B. B. Ochsendorf , S. H. M. van Hooff , F. Salama

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,…

Understanding variations in the dust extinction curve is imperative for using dust as a tracer of local structure in the interstellar medium, understanding dust chemistry, and observational color corrections where dust is a nuisance…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-11 Andrew K. Saydjari , Gregory M. Green