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Searching for DIB origin with VLT; EDIBLES large survey

Abstract: Observing the first DIBs, in the spectra of reddened stars, by Heger (1922) was the starting point to the oldest puzzle in stellar spectroscopy that still remains unresolved. At the present, the DIBs are known to comprise 500 narrow to broad interstellar absorption features, which are observed ubiquitously between 4000 and 10000 Å (Herbig 1995). Over the last decade, many astronomical and laboratory experiments have been accomplished to find and understand DIB carriers as well as a number of theoretical studies. There are still ambiguities about DIB carriers. Specific groups of UV-resistant molecules, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), fullerenes, and carbon chains are commonly the more acceptable candidates for DIB carriers (Herbig 1995). We are doing a large survey with the UVES instrument on the Very Large Telescope (VLT) operated by ESO at Paranal Observatory in Chile, to study the carrier of DIBs. This project is named “ESO Diffuse Interstellar Bands Large Exploration Survey (EDIBLES)”. The goal of our project is to study the mysterious diffuse interstellar bands whose fingerprints are seen imprinted on stellar spectra whose lines-of-sight probe the interstellar medium. In particular the survey will measure at high accuracy the atomic and molecular content of diffuse interstellar clouds detected towards more than 150 stars. From detailed modelling we will attempt to reverse engineer physical-chemical properties of the carriers of these unidentified absorption bands.

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