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Carbonaceous Onion-Like Particles: A Possible Component of the Interstellar Medium

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Natural Fullerenes and Related Structures of Elemental Carbon

Part of the book series: Developments in Fullerene Science ((DFUL,volume 6))

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A carbonaceous material formed from a hydrocarbon plasma called quenched carbonaceous composite (QCC) is shown to have functional groups that approximate the positions of the interstellar 217.5 nm absorption and the infrared emission features at 3.3—11.3 μm. A form of this material, called “dark-QCC” has abundant carbonaceous onion-like particles. We present the results of various experiments involving QCC and conjecture that the carbonaceous onion-like particles in QCC may be a good laboratory analog to the carrier of the interstellar absorption and emission features. A scenario for dust formation from carbonaceous onion-like particles is presented.

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  2. Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 2680 Woodlawn Dr., Honolulu, Hawaii, 96822, USA

    Alan T. Tokunaga

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Wada, S., Tokunaga, A.T. (2006). Carbonaceous Onion-Like Particles: A Possible Component of the Interstellar Medium. In: Natural Fullerenes and Related Structures of Elemental Carbon. Developments in Fullerene Science, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4135-7_3

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