Small and Very Small Interstellar Grains

Abstract

This review summarizes the observational characteristics of those interstellar grains which are prevented from entering the solar system by interactions with the heliopause. Such grains are typically less tha 100nm in radius, and they reveal their presence by interstellar absorption at ultraviolet wavelengths and by non-equilibrium emissions in the red and near-infrared portions of the spectrum.

8 pages, Accepted for publication in JGR, Review presented at Workshop on Interstellar Dust in the Solar System, ISSI, Bern, Oct 1998

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• Dust in the Local Interstellar Wind
• Interstellar Dust Inside and Outside the Heliosphere

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• The Widespread Presence of Nanometer-size Dust Grains in the Interstellar Medium of Galaxies
• The galactic environment of the Sun