Toward understanding physical origin of 2175Å extinction bump in interstellar medium
arXiv:2007.11764 · doi:10.1093/mnras/staa2061
Abstract
The 2175 Å ultraviolet (UV) extinction bump in interstellar medium (ISM) of the Milky Way was discovered in 1965. After intensive exploration of more than a half century, however, its exact origin still remains a big conundrum that is being debated. Here we propose a mixture model by which the extinction bump in ISM is argued possibly relevant to the clusters of hydrogenated T-carbon (HTC) molecules (C40H16) that have intrinsically a sharp absorption peak at the wavelength 2175 Å. By linearly combining the calculated absorption spectra of HTC mixtures, graphite, MgSiO3 and Fe2SiO4, we show that the UV extinction curves of optional six stars can be nicely fitted. This present work poses an alternative explanation toward understanding the physical origin of the 2175 Å extinction bump in ISM of the Milky Way.
arXiv commentMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society accepted
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