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A modified model for interstellar extinction

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It is shown that available optical and ultraviolet data relating to the interstellar dust are elegantly explained on the basis of a modified microbal grain model. A model comprised of two biologically derived components, modified under interstellar conditions. Data on interstellar extinction, albedo and polarization may be accounted for by this model.

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  1. Space and Astronomy Research Centre, Scientific Research Council, Jadiriyah, Baghdad, Iraq

    N. L. Jabir, S. R. Jabbar, S. A. H. Salih & Q. S. Majeed

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Jabir, N.L., Jabbar, S.R., Salih, S.A.H. et al. A modified model for interstellar extinction. Astrophys Space Sci 123, 351–362 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00653954

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