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Organic matter in space - An overview

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2008

Ewine F. van Dishoeck
Ewine F. van Dishoeck*
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Leiden Observatory, Leiden UniversityP.O. Box 9513, NL–2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands email: ewine@strw.leidenuniv.nl Max-Planck Institute für Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany
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Organic compounds are ubiquitous in space: they are found in diffuse clouds, in the envelopes of evolved stars, in dense star-forming regions, in protoplanetary disks, in comets, on the surfaces of minor planets, and in meteorites and interplanetary dust particles. This brief overview summarizes the observational evidence for the types of organics found in these regions, with emphasis on recent developments. The Stardust sample-return mission provides the first opportunity to study primitive cometary material with sophisticated equipment on Earth. Similarities and differences between the types of compounds in different regions are discussed in the context of the processes that can modify them. The importance of laboratory astrophysics is emphasized.

Keywords

Astrochemistrymolecular datacircumstellar mattermethods: laboratorycomets: generalminor planetsISM: abundancesISM: moleculesinfrared: ISMstars: AGB and post-AGB
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 4 , Symposium S251: Organic Matter in Space , February 2008 , pp. 3 - 16
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2008

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