The Diffuse Interstellar Bands -

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Contenst.- I: Observational Characteristics of the Diffuse Bands.- The Diffuse Bands: A Review with Speculations.- Diffuse Interstellar Bands in Individual Sightlines.- Ultra-High-Resolution Spectroscopy of Diffuse Bands.- The Diffuse Interstellar Bands Towards Southern Stars.- The Diffuse Interstellar Band Spectrum.- Revisiting Diffuse Interstellar Bands in the Satellite Ultraviolet with the Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph.- Diffuse Interstellar Bands in the Near Infrared - A Dedicated Search for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon and Fullerene Cations.- A Search for Polarization in Diffuse Interstellar Bands Towards HD197770.- II: Environmental Behavior of the Diffuse Interstellar Bands.- Collective Behaviour of the Diffuse Interstellar Bands.- DIBS and UV Extinction.- The Environment Dependence of Diffuse Interstellar Bands.- Diffuse Interstellar Bands in the Young Galactic Clusters M16 and M17.- The Interstellar Space Mosaic: A User Interface for Accessing ISM Data World-Wide Distributed.- Diffuse Circumstellar Bands.- Red Rectangle Emission Bands.- HAC and the ERE.- Visible Luminescence From PAH Cations and the Diffuse Bands in Emission.- Carrier of the Emission ?5797 DIB in the Red Rectangle: Suprathermally Rotating PAH?.- III: Laboratory Studies of Proposed Carriers.- Laboratory Studies of DIB Carriers.- Laboratory Studies of Highly Unsaturated Carbon Chains and the Diffuse Interstellar Bands.- Absorption Spectroscopy of Neutral and Ionized PAHs. Implications for the Diffuse Interstellar Bands.- A Critical Assessment of the PAH Hypothesis: Revisited.- Photofragmentation of Isolated PAH Cations.- Experimental Study of Naphthalene and Anthracene Reactions.- IV: Diffuse Bands and Interstellar Dust.- The Diffuse Interstellar Bands and Interstellar Dust.- DustGrain Carriers and the Diffuse Band Profiles.- Interstellar Polarization.- Polarization of the 2175 ? Feature.- V: Theoretical Studies of Molecular Carriers.- Spectroscopy and Photophysics of Possible Large Molecule Carriers of the Diffuse Interstellar Bands.- Large Molecules in the Interstellar Medium.- Charge Variation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium.- VI: Proposed Carriers.- Observational Constraints on the Carriers of the Diffuse Bands.- Porphyrins Within Interstellar Grains.- Fulleranes and the Diffuse Interstellar Bands.- DIB Carriers on Grain Surfaces.- PAH Cations as Candidates to the DIB Carriers.- Carbon Chains and the Diffuse Interstellar Bands.- A Critique of Suggested Diffuse Band Carriers.- Summary.- Addresses of Participants.- Index of Specific Diffuse Bands.