Despite its biogeneic and astrochemical importance, sulfur (S), the 10th most abundant element in the interstellar medium (ISM) with a total abundance of S/H~2.2E-5, largely remains undetected in molecular clouds.
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon
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Astrochemistry: Peering Into The Tendrils Of NGC 604 With Webb Space Telescope
The formation of stars and the chaotic environments they inhabit is one of the most well-studied, but also mystery-shrouded, areas of cosmic investigation. The intricacies of these processes are now […]
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Infrared Emission of Specific Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Molecules: Indene
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules have long been suggested to be present in the interstellar medium (ISM). Nevertheless, despite their expected ubiquity and sustained searching efforts, identifying specific interstellar PAH […]
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Infrared Emission of Specific Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Molecules: Cyanonaphthalenes
The unidentified infrared emission (UIE) features at 3.3, 6.2, 7.7, 8.6, 11.3 and 12.7 micron are ubiquitously seen in a wide variety of astrophysical regions and commonly attributed to polycyclic […]
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JWST Observations of Starbursts: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emission at the base of the M 82 Galactic Wind
We present new observations of the central 1 kpc of the M 82 starburst obtained with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) near-infrared camera (NIRCam) instrument at a resolution ~0.05″-0.1″ […]
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The Infrared Absorption Spectrum of Phenylacetylene and its Deuterated Isotopologue in the Mid- to Far-IR
Anharmonicity strongly influences the absorption and emission spectra of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules. Here, ion-dip spectroscopy experiments together with detailed anharmonic computations reveal the presence of fundamental, overtone, as […]
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An Ultraviolet Spectral Study Of Fullerene-rich Planetary Nebulae
Several planetary nebulae (PNe) have been found to contain both polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH-like) species and fullerenes (C60) distinguished by their mid-infrared emission.
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Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Luminous Galaxies In JWST CEERS Data
It has been an unanswered question how many dusty galaxies have been undetected from the state-of-the-art observational surveys.
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Astronomical Diffuse Interstellar Bands Analyzed by Hydrocarbon Pentagon-Hexagon Combined PAH Molecules
This study theoretically predicted the specific Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules to satisfy both astronomically observed Diffuse Interstellar Bands (DIB) and Infrared Bands (IR).
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Probing Computational Methodologies In Predicting Mid-infrared Spectra For Large Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
We extend the prediction of vibrational spectra to large sized polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules comprising up to ~ 1500 carbon atoms by evaluating the efficiency of several computational chemistry […]