Publication
Names
  • F. Trotta
  • B. Schmitt
Title
Determination of the optical constants of ices in the mid-infrared
Abstract
The central part of this work is a spectroscopic study of volatile molecular solids (i.e., ices), taking into account their composition, structure and their thermal history. The authors present a numerical code which calculates the optical constants of ices from laboratory transmission spectra. These data will be very important for the interpretation of the infrared spectra that will be recorded by the ISO satellite (Infrared Space Observatory). Indeed, modeling the radiative transfer in grain regions needs the knowledge of the optical constants of the solids composing the grains. The authors study the ices which are already known, and those which are suspected to be present in the interstellar medium.
Keywords
spectroscopy, optics, numerical model, transmission, transmission spectra, optical constants spectra, mid-IR, molecular solid, ice, CO2, NH3, CH4
Content
instrument-technique, sample, spectral data
Document type
conference paper
Year
1996
Title
The cosmic dust connection
Volume
487
Pages
179 - 184
Pages number
6
Name
The cosmic dust connection - 3rd International School of Space Chemistry
Location
Erice, Italy
Dates
6-17 June 1994
Editor
J.Mayo Greenberg
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher city
Dordrecht, The Netherlands
Publication state
published