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MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 384, Issue 2, Pages 764-774Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12753.x
Keywords
line : formation; line : identification; ISM : lines and bands; ISM : molecules
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The interpretation of the almost 300 diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) is one of the most long-standing problems in interstellar spectra. The only model showing agreement with a large number of DIBs (> 60 bands) is based on transitions in doubly excited atoms embedded in the condensed phase named Rydberg Matter (RM). A similar model is now used to precisely calculate all intense bands from the high-resolution survey by Galazutdinov et al., 63 bands in total. Thus, the RM model interprets at present 120 DIBs accurately in a consistent manner, almost half of the number of DIBs. The origin of almost all intense DIBs is shown to be absorption during electron transitions between co-planar doubly excited He atoms inside RM, and from singly excited He atoms to doubly excited He atoms inside RM. The average error in the assignments is 4 cm(-1) (1.4 angstrom), comparable to the band width. The intense but broad DIB 578.0 nm is part of a series of 10 bands interpreted as RM transitions from n '' = 5 to the conduction band limit. The shape of DIB 579.7 nm is consistent with a rotational band from symmetric top RM clusters at approximately 100 K. Good agreement with observational results like band shapes and correlations among various bands is found.
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