Bibcode
Maíz Apellániz, J.; Sota, A.; Barbá, R. H.; Morrell, N. I.; Pellerin, A.; Alfaro, E. J.; Simón-Díaz, S.
Bibliographical reference
The Diffuse Interstellar Bands, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 297, pp. 117-120
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2014
Citations
10
Refereed citations
8
Description
We are using five different surveys to compile the largest sample of
diffuse interstellar band (DIB) measurements ever collected. GOSSS is
obtaining intermediate-resolution blue-violet spectroscopy of ~2500 OB
stars, of which 60% have already been observed and processed. The other
four surveys have already collected multi-epoch high-resolution optical
spectroscopy of 700 OB stars with different telescopes, including the 9
m Hobby-Eberly Telescope in McDonald Observatory. Some of our stars are
highly-extinguished targets for which no good-quality optical spectra
have ever been published. For all of the targets in our sample we have
obtained accurate spectral types, measured non-DIB ISM lines, and
compiled information from the literature to calculate the extinction.
Here we present the first results of the project, the properties of
twenty DIBs in the 4100-5500 Å range. We clearly detect a couple
of previously elusive DIBs at 4170 Å and 4591 Å the latter
could have coronene and ovalene cations as carriers.