Searching for interstellar C60+ using a new method for high signal-to-noise HST/STIS spectroscopy

Due to recent advances in laboratory spectroscopy, the first optical detection of a very large molecule has been claimed in the diffuse interstellar medium (ISM): ${{\rm{C}}}_{60}^{+}$ (ionized Buckminsterfullerene). Confirming the presence of this molecule would have significant implications regard...

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Main Authors: Cordiner, M.A., Cox, N.L.J., Lallement, R., Najarro, F., Cami, J., Gull, T.R., Foing, B.H., Linnartz, H., Proffitt, C.R., Sarre, Peter, Charnley, S.B.
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Language:English
Published: American Astronomical Society 2017
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43860/