Occurrence of the 3.3-μm feature in galaxies

T. J. Lee; D. H. Beattie; Ian Gatley; P. W.J.L. Brand; T. Jones; A. R. Hyland

doi:10.1038/295214a0

Occurrence of the 3.3-μm feature in galaxies

T. J. Lee, D. H. Beattie, Ian Gatley, P. W.J.L. Brand, T. Jones, A. R. Hyland

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

5 Scopus citations

Abstract

Many emission features have been discovered, in dusty ionized regions such as planetary nebulae or H II regions, with wavelengths longer than 2 μm (ref. 1). Some are gaseous emission lines but many that are too broad to be due to single atoms are attributed to emission from dust grains in or near the ionized gas. The feature at 3.28 μm ('the 3.3-μm feature') has been observed in H II regions^2,3 in planetary nebulae⁴ and in particular, in the following extragalactic objects: 3C273 (ref. 5) (quasar), NGC4151 (ref. 6), M82 (ref. 7), NGC253 (ref. 8), NGC2903 (ref. 9), NGC5195 (ref. 9) and NGC6946 (ref. 9). We report here new measurements which contradict some of these results. In particular, we find the feature in the late-type galaxy M83 but do not observe it in either the Seyfert galaxy NGC4151 or the quasar 3C273.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	214-215
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature
Volume	295
Issue number	5846
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/295214a0
State	Published - 1982
Externally published	Yes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

General

Access to Document

10.1038/295214a0

Cite this

@article{e9200527e282440480ea4670316319ab,

title = "Occurrence of the 3.3-μm feature in galaxies",

abstract = "Many emission features have been discovered, in dusty ionized regions such as planetary nebulae or H II regions, with wavelengths longer than 2 μm (ref. 1). Some are gaseous emission lines but many that are too broad to be due to single atoms are attributed to emission from dust grains in or near the ionized gas. The feature at 3.28 μm ('the 3.3-μm feature') has been observed in H II regions2,3 in planetary nebulae4 and in particular, in the following extragalactic objects: 3C273 (ref. 5) (quasar), NGC4151 (ref. 6), M82 (ref. 7), NGC253 (ref. 8), NGC2903 (ref. 9), NGC5195 (ref. 9) and NGC6946 (ref. 9). We report here new measurements which contradict some of these results. In particular, we find the feature in the late-type galaxy M83 but do not observe it in either the Seyfert galaxy NGC4151 or the quasar 3C273.",

author = "Lee, {T. J.} and Beattie, {D. H.} and Ian Gatley and Brand, {P. W.J.L.} and T. Jones and Hyland, {A. R.}",

year = "1982",

doi = "10.1038/295214a0",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "295",

pages = "214--215",

journal = "Nature",

issn = "0028-0836",

publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",

number = "5846",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Occurrence of the 3.3-μm feature in galaxies

AU - Lee, T. J.

AU - Beattie, D. H.

AU - Gatley, Ian

AU - Brand, P. W.J.L.

AU - Jones, T.

AU - Hyland, A. R.

PY - 1982

Y1 - 1982

N2 - Many emission features have been discovered, in dusty ionized regions such as planetary nebulae or H II regions, with wavelengths longer than 2 μm (ref. 1). Some are gaseous emission lines but many that are too broad to be due to single atoms are attributed to emission from dust grains in or near the ionized gas. The feature at 3.28 μm ('the 3.3-μm feature') has been observed in H II regions2,3 in planetary nebulae4 and in particular, in the following extragalactic objects: 3C273 (ref. 5) (quasar), NGC4151 (ref. 6), M82 (ref. 7), NGC253 (ref. 8), NGC2903 (ref. 9), NGC5195 (ref. 9) and NGC6946 (ref. 9). We report here new measurements which contradict some of these results. In particular, we find the feature in the late-type galaxy M83 but do not observe it in either the Seyfert galaxy NGC4151 or the quasar 3C273.

AB - Many emission features have been discovered, in dusty ionized regions such as planetary nebulae or H II regions, with wavelengths longer than 2 μm (ref. 1). Some are gaseous emission lines but many that are too broad to be due to single atoms are attributed to emission from dust grains in or near the ionized gas. The feature at 3.28 μm ('the 3.3-μm feature') has been observed in H II regions2,3 in planetary nebulae4 and in particular, in the following extragalactic objects: 3C273 (ref. 5) (quasar), NGC4151 (ref. 6), M82 (ref. 7), NGC253 (ref. 8), NGC2903 (ref. 9), NGC5195 (ref. 9) and NGC6946 (ref. 9). We report here new measurements which contradict some of these results. In particular, we find the feature in the late-type galaxy M83 but do not observe it in either the Seyfert galaxy NGC4151 or the quasar 3C273.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=36849159122&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=36849159122&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1038/295214a0

DO - 10.1038/295214a0

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:36849159122

SN - 0028-0836

VL - 295

SP - 214

EP - 215

JO - Nature

JF - Nature

IS - 5846

ER -

Occurrence of the 3.3-μm feature in galaxies

Abstract

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this