On the Excitation and Formation of Circumstellar Fullerenes

J. Bernard-Salas, J. Cami, E. Peeters +3

We compare and analyze the Spitzer mid-infrared spectrum of three fullerene-rich planetary nebulae in the Milky Way and the Magellanic Clouds; Tc1, SMP SMC16, and SMP LMC56. The th…