A theory attributing optical diffuse interstellar absorption bands, "unidentified infrared" emission bands, and cloud reddening to H2 nonlinear absorption

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 473, Issue 2 PART I, 1996, Pages 900-920

  Sorokin, Peter P ^a   Glownia, James H ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ISM: molecules; Line: identification; Molecular processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444454779     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/178202     Document Type: Article

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