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Encyclopedia of Astrobiology

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Vacuum ultraviolet

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Ultraviolet light (UV) is electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths between 10 and 400 nm in the domain between X-rays and optical visible light. The UV spectrum is subdivided in different energy domains, from near UV (400–300 nm; 3.10–4.13 eV) to Extreme UV (121–10 nm; 10.2–124 eV). Vacuum ultraviolet light, VUV, corresponds to light having a wavelength between 100 and 200 nm (or 6.2–12.4 eV).

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  1. Department of Astrophysics, Laboratory of Molecular Astrophysics, Ctra de Iorrejón a Ajalvir, Iorrejón de Ardoz, 28850, Madrid, Spain

    José Cernicharo Quintanilla

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  1. Centro de Biología Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Ricardo Amils

  2. Labo. d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux (LAB), Observatoire Aquitain des Sciences de l'Univers (OASU), Floirac CX, France

    Muriel Gargaud

  3. Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), Inst. Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial, Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain

    José Cernicharo Quintanilla

  4. Geophysical Lab., Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

    Henderson James Cleaves

  5. Astronomy Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

    William M. Irvine

  6. Dépt. Sc. de la Terre et de l’Atmosphère, Université du Québec, Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada

    Daniele Pinti

  7. Centre National d'Etudes Spatiale (CNES) DPI/E2U, Paris CX, France

    Michel Viso

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Quintanilla, J.C. (2014). VUV. In: Amils, R., et al. Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27833-4_1674-2

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