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Remarks on a vibronic origin for the diffuse band spectrum

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We have demonstrated that the diffuse band spectrum could not originate as a series of vibronic transitions from atomic impurities in interstellar MgO grains as has recently been proposed since laboratory spectra of such materials show no evidence for such complex structure. Furthermore, recent observational evidence indicates that the extinction feature at 160 nm in the standard interstellar extinction curve upon which the identification of interstellar MgO was founded is actually the result of a calibration error in the original observational data.

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  1. Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, 20771, Greenbelt, MD, U. S. A.

    Joseph A. Nuth (NAS/NRC Resident Research Associate) & Bertram Donn

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Nuth, J.A., Donn, B. Remarks on a vibronic origin for the diffuse band spectrum. Astrophys Space Sci 103, 353–356 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00653749

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