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We present a new methodology for simulating mid-infrared emission from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in galaxy evolution simulations. To do this, we combine theoretical models of PAH emission features as they respond to varying…

We present a comprehensive mid-infrared spectroscopic survey of 124 Herbig Ae/Be stars using newly processed Spitzer/IRS spectra from the newly released CASSISjuice database. Based on prominent dust and molecular signatures (polycyclic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-18 R. Arun , Blesson Mathew , B. Shridharan , K. Ujjwal , Akhil Krishna R , G. Maheswar , Sreeja S. Kartha

Ratios of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) vibrational bands are a promising tool for measuring the properties of the PAH population and their effect on star formation. The photometric bands of the MIRI and NIRCam instruments on JWST…

We present 5--14~$\mu$m spectra at two different positions across the Orion Bar photodissociation region (PDR) obtained with the Infrared Spectrograph onboard the Spitzer Space Telescope and 3.3~$\mu$m PAH observations obtained with the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-11-03 C. Knight , E. Peeters , A. G. G. M. Tielens , W. D. Vacca

We explore the relationships between the 3.3 {\mu}m polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) feature and active galactic nucleus (AGN) properties of a sample of 54 hard X-ray selected bright AGNs, including both Seyfert 1 and Seyfert 2 type…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 Angel Castro , T. Miyaji , M. Shirahata , K. Ichikawa , S. Oyabu , D. Clark , M. Imanishi , T. Nakagawa , Y. Ueda

Low-resolution, mid-infrared Spitzer/IRS spectral maps are presented for three nearby, low-metallicity dwarf galaxies (NGC 55, NGC 3109 and IC 5152) for the purpose of examining the spatial distribution and variation of polycyclic aromatic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Korey Haynes , John M. Cannon , Evan D. Skillman , Dale C. Jackson , Robert D. Gehrz

Using a large collection of near-infrared spectra (2.5-5.4 um) of Galactic HII regions and HII region-like objects, we perform a systematic investigation of the astronomical polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) features. 36 objects were…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 Tamami I. Mori , Takashi Onaka , Itsuki Sakon , Daisuke Ishihara , Takashi Shimonishi , Ryou Ohsawa , Aaron C. Bell

The polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) hypothesis proposes that the aromatic infrared bands (AIBs) observed at 3.3, 6.2, 7.7, 8.6, 11.3, and 12.7 mic originate from gas-phase PAH molecules. These bands exhibit consistent peak wavelengths…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-03 Alan T. Tokunaga , Lawrence S. Bernstein , Takashi Onaka

Superhydrogenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) may be present in H-rich and ultraviolet-poor benign regions. The addition of excess H atoms to PAHs converts the aromatic bonds into aliphatic bonds, the strongest of which falls…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-03-04 X. J. Yang , Aigen Li , R. Glaser

We observed two faint tidal dwarf galaxies (TDGs), NGC 5291N and NGC 5291 S with the Infrared Spectrograph on the Spitzer Space Telescope. We detect strong polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) emission, which match models of groups of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. J. U. Higdon , J. L. Higdon , J. Marshall

We present a new methodology for the analysis of the emission lines of the interstellar medium in the Narrow Line Regions around type-2 Active Galactic Nuclei. Our aim is to provide a recipe that can be used for large samples of objects in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-09-25 E. Pérez-Montero , O. L. Dors , J. M. Vílchez , R. García-Benito , M. V. Cardaci , G. F. Hägele

The life cycle of the population of interstellar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules depends partly on the photostability of the individual species. We have studied the dissociative photoionization of two ethynyl-substituted PAH…

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) emission has long been proposed to be a potential star formation rate indicator, as it arises from the photodissociation region bordering the Str\"omgren sphere of young, massive stars. We apply a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-11-06 Yanxia Xie , Luis C. Ho

The search for large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) with over 100 carbon atoms is crucial to resolving the origin of unidentified infrared emission (UIE) bands. These bands are commonly observed in nebulae and the interstellar…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-08-22 Yi Shao , Yong Zhang , Xu-Jia Ouyang , Chuan-Peng Zhang

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous complex molecules in the interstellar medium and are used as an indirect indicator of star-formation. On the other hand the ultraviolet (UV) emission from the young massive stars…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-01-09 K. Ujjwal , Sreeja S Kartha , Akhil Krishna R , Blesson Mathew , Smitha Subramanian , Sudheesh T P , Robin Thomas

In recent years Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) have been studied for their electronic properties as they are viewed as nanodots of graphene. They have also been of interest as functional molecules for applications such as light…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-09-11 Geetanjali Giri , Anusooya Y. Pati , S. Ramasesha

Total infrared fluxes are estimated for 99 HII regions around massive stars. The following wavebands have been used for the analysis: 8 and 24 $\mu$m, based on data from Spitzer space telescope (IRAC and MIPS, respectively); 70, 160, 250,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-15 Anastasiia Topchieva , Dmitri Wiebe , Maria S. Kirsanova

Two key questions of the chemistry of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the interstellar medium (ISM) are addressed: i) the way carbon is returned from PAHs to the interstellar gas after the very efficient accretion of C+ ions onto…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-05-14 Alain Omont , Holger F. Bettinger

Functionalized polcyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are an interesting class of molecules in which the electronic state of the graphene-like hydrocarbon part is tuned by the functional group. Searching for new types of donor and acceptor…