A dataset provided by the European Space Agency

Name UIB_DIB
Title THE SIGNATURE OF DIFFUSE INTERSTELLAR BANDS IN MID INFRARED EMISSION
URL

http://nida.esac.esa.int/nida-sl-tap/data?RETRIEVAL_TYPE=OBSERVATION&PRODUCT_LEVEL=ALL&obsno=108037010

DOI https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-o7z8lwp
Author PFAU, WERNER
Description diffuse interstellar bands (dib) are broad absorption bands in the visual and near-ir spectrum of stars behind diffuse clouds. the absorptions are thought to be due to electronic transitions in large molecules, but the specific molecules have not been identified. the absorbed energy will be emitted in the mid infrared. a direkt link with the unidentified infrared bands (uib) is suggested, but has not been established. we propose to test this hypothesis by measuring the relative band ratios of uibs for lines of sight with significantly varying diffuse interstellar band spectra. if variations in the dib spectrum reflect abundance variations of the carrier, then there should be a direct correlation between dib spectrum and uib spectrum. we propose to measure the uib spectrum with isophot-s in a number of lines of sight in astrophysical environments that are very similar but show pronounced differences in the dib spectrum.
Instrument PHT03 , PHT40
Temporal Coverage 1996-03-02T16:28:35Z/1996-03-18T06:19:44Z
Version 1.0
Mission Description The Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) was the world's first true orbiting infrared observatory. Equipped with four highly-sophisticated and versatile scientific instruments, it was launched by Ariane in November 1995 and provided astronomers world-wide with a facility of unprecedented sensitivity and capabilities for a detailed exploration of the Universe at infrared wavelengths.
Creator Contact https://support.cosmos.esa.int/iso/
Date Published 1999-04-30T00:00:00Z
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines European Space Agency, PFAU, WERNER, 1999, UIB_DIB, 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-o7z8lwp