| タイトル | Near Infrared Emission of Highly Electronically Excited CO: A Sensitive Probe to Study the Interstellar Medium?? |
| 本文（外部サイト） | http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20030058881 |
| 著者（英） | Gudipati, Murthy S. |
| 著者所属（英） | NASA Ames Research Center |
| 発行日 | 2002-11-01 |
| 言語 | eng |
| 内容記述 | Among the various spectroscopic features of the second most abundant molecule in the space, CO, "the triplet - triplet transitions involving the lowest triplet state a(sup 3)II and the higher-lying a(sup 1)3 SIGMA (sup +), d(sup 3) (DELTA), e (sup 3) SIGMA (sup -) states spanning near-UV to mid-IR spectral range" have so far not been explored in astrophysical observations. The energies of these transitions are highly sensitive to the surroundings in which CO exists, i.e. gas-phase, polar or non-polar condensed phase. It is proposed here that these triplet-triplet emission/absorption bands can be used as a sensitive probe to investigate the local environments of CO, whether in the planetary atmosphere, stellar atmosphere or interstellar medium. |
| NASA分類 | Astrophysics |
| 権利 | No Copyright |
| URI | https://repository.exst.jaxa.jp/dspace/handle/a-is/565233 |
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