The Case Against Graphite Particles in Interstellar Space |
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Authors: | NC Wickramasinghe AN Wickramasinghe F Hoyle |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Applied Mathematics and Astronomy, University College, Cardiff, U.K. |
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Abstract: | Graphite flakes are excluded as a major component of interstellar grains because their ultraviolet extinction peaks occur at wavelengths longward of 2700 Å. Mie calculations for spherical graphite particles are shown to have no physical or astronomical relevance. |
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