Optical Spectroscopy of Extraterrestrial Molecules

外星分子的光谱学

• 批准号: DP0665831
• 负责人: Prof Timothy Schmidt
• 金额: $ 22.34万
• 依托单位: The University of Sydney
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2006-02-17 至 2009-02-16
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0665831
• 关键词: Optical; Spectroscopy; Extraterrestrial; Molecules

Space is not empty. In the vast regions between stars is a complex soup of molecules. Some of these molecules get incorporated into meteorites and find their way to Earth where they can be identified. Analysis has yielded amino acids; the building blocks of life, but these molecules do not match what we know about the interstellar regions. Interstellar molecules are identified by their spectra, but many features in these spectra are unknown. Could they be caused by the missing molecules? In this project we combine the skills of three spectroscopists, each expert in different areas, in an attempt to make these molecules in the laboratory, measure their spectra and thereby identify these unknown molecules that are in space.

空间并不空。在恒星之间的广阔区域中存在着复杂的分子汤。其中一些分子被纳入陨石中，并找到到达地球的途径，在那里它们可以被识别。 分析得出氨基酸；生命的组成部分，但这些分子与我们对星际区域的了解并不相符。 星际分子通过其光谱来识别，但这些光谱中的许多特征是未知的。 它们可能是由缺失的分子引起的吗？ 在这个项目中，我们结合了三位光谱学家的技能，每位光谱学家都是不同领域的专家，试图在实验室中制造这些分子，测量它们的光谱，从而识别太空中的这些未知分子。