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Vacuum ultraviolet

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Ultraviolet light (UV) is electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths between 10 and 400 nm in the domain between X-rays and optical visible light. The UV spectrum is subdivided in different energy domains, from near UV (400–300 nm; 3.10–4.13 eV) to Extreme UV (121–10 nm; 10.2–124 eV). Vacuum ultraviolet light, VUV, corresponds to light having a wavelength between 100 and 200 nm (or 6.2–12.4 eV).

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  1. Laboratory of Molecular Astrophysics, IFF-CSIC, Madrid, Spain

    José Cernicharo Quintanilla

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  1. Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux, University of Bordeaux, Pessac CX, France

    Muriel Gargaud

  2. Department of Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA

    William M. Irvine

  3. Centro Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Univ. Autónoma de Madrid Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain

    Ricardo Amils

  4. Analytical-, Environm., Geo-Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, VUB, Brussels, Belgium

    Philippe Claeys

  5. Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, WASHINGTON, DC, USA

    Henderson James Cleaves

  6. Radio Astronomy, Paris Observatory, Paris, France

    Maryvonne Gerin

  7. Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, Meudon, France

    Daniel Rouan

  8. International Space Science Institute, Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    Tilman Spohn

  9. Centre Francois Viète, Universite de Nantes, Nantes, France

    Stéphane Tirard

  10. Innovaxiom, Paris CX, France

    Michel Viso

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Quintanilla, J.C. (2022). Vacuum Ultraviolet Light. In: Gargaud, M., et al. Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27833-4_1674-3

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    Vacuum Ultraviolet Light
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27833-4_1674-3

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