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Cross-linked hetero aromatic polymers in interstellar dust

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The discovery of cross-linked hetero-aromatic polymersin interstellar dust by instruments aboard theStardust spacecraft would confirm the validity of thebiological grain model that was suggested fromspectroscopic studies over 20 years ago. Suchstructures could represent fragments of cell wallsthat survive 30 km s-1 impacts onto detector surfaces.

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  1. School of Mathematics, Cardiff University, P.O. Box 926, Senghennydd Road, Cardiff, CF2 4YH, UK

    N.C. Wickramasinghe & F. Hoyle

  2. Department of Mathematics, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT2600, Australia

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Wickramasinghe, N., Wickramasinghe, D. & Hoyle, F. Cross-linked hetero aromatic polymers in interstellar dust. Astrophysics and Space Science 275, 181–184 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1002777709907

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