Detection of the 69 μm band of crystalline forsterite in the Herschel MESS-program

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B. L. de Vries, D. Klotz, R. Lombaert, A. Baier, J. A. D. L. Blommaert, L. Decin, F. Kerschbaum, W. Nowotny, T. Posch, H. Van Winckel

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M. A. T. Groenewegen, T. Ueta, G. Van de Steene, B. Vandenbussche, P. Royer, C. Waelkens

/ Abstract

In this article we present the detection of the 69 μm band of the crystalline olivine forsterite within the MESS key program of Herschel. We determine the temperature of the forsterite grains by fitting the 69 μm band.