A multitude of phenomena—such as the chemical enrichment of the Universe, the mass
spectrum of planetary nebulae, white dwarfs and gravitational wave progenitors, the …

One of the big surprises of the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) has been discovery of
crystalline silicates outside our own Solar system. It was generally assumed before that all …

Dust is a ubiquitous feature of the cosmos, impinging directly or indirectly on most fields of
modern astronomy and astrophysics. Dust in the Galactic Environment, Second Edition …

Infrared spectroscopy provides a direct handle on the composition and structure of
interstellar dust. We have studied the dust along the line of sight toward the Galactic center …

In this paper we study the combined effects of size and shape of small solid state particles
on the absorption, emission and scattering characteristics. We use the statistical approach to …

Amorphous silicate particles are generally assumed to be the main dust component in the
envelopes of oxygen-rich evolved stars and may be considered the precursors of the pure …

We have analysed the 10 μm spectral region of a sample of Herbig Ae/Be (HAEBE) stars.
The spectra are dominated by a broad emission feature caused by warm amorphous …

Crystalline olivines are an important component of silicate dust particles in space. ISO
observations revealed the presence of crystalline silicates in comets, protoplanetary …

We study the formation of molecular precursors to dust in the ejecta of Population III
supernovae (Pop. III SNe) using a chemical kinetic approach to follow the evolution of small …

The thermally induced amorphous-to-crystalline transition has been studied for bulk sheets
and micrometre-sized particles of magnesium silicate glass (MgSiO 3), nanometre-sized …