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JWST Observations Of Photo-dissociation Regions. II. Aliphatic/Aromatic Carbonaceous Dust, Ices, And Gas Phase Spectral Line Inventory

This paper provides an overview of the spectroscopic data obtained by the JWST Guaranteed Time Observations (GTO) program 1192, “The Physics and Chemistry of PDR Fronts”, including an inventory of […]

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Battle of the CH Motions: aliphatic vs. Aromatic Contributions to Astronomical PAH Emission and Exploration of the Aliphatic, Aromatic, and Ethynyl CH Stretches

Strong anharmonic coupling between vibrational states in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) produces highly mixed vibrational transitions that challenge the current understanding of the nature of the astronomical mid-infrared PAH emission […]

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