Confirming interstellar C${}_{60}^{+}$ using the Hubble Space Telescope

M. A. Cordiner, H. Linnartz, N. L. J. Cox +9

Recent advances in laboratory spectroscopy lead to the claim of ionized Buckminsterfullerene (C60+) as the carrier of two diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) in the near-infrared. Ho…