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Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) have long been invoked in the study of interstellar and protostellar sources, but the unambiguous identification of any individual PAH has proven elusive until very recently. As a result, the…

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 aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-03-11 Kaijun Li , Aigen Li , Xuejuan Yang , Taotao Fang

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) are considered as a major constituent of interstellar dust. They have been proposed as the carriers of the Aromatic Infrared Bands (AIBs) observed in emission in the mid-IR. They likely have a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-04-22 C. Joblin , O. Berne , A. Simon , G. Mulas

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules, as revealed by the distinctive set of emission bands at 3.3, 6.2, 7.7, 8.6, 11.3 and 12.7 $\mu$m characteristic of their vibrational modes, are abundant and widespread throughout the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-03-25 Aigen Li

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules, ubiquitously seen in the interstellar medium (ISM) of our own and external galaxies, might have been incorporated into comets if they are formed from relatively unprocessed interstellar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Aigen Li

The mid-infrared (IR; 5-15~$\mu$m) spectrum of a wide variety of astronomical objects exhibits a set of broad emission features at 6.2, 7.7, 8.6, 11.3 and 12.7 $\mu$m. About 30 years ago it was proposed that these signatures are due to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-07-02 Marissa J. F. Rosenberg , Olivier Berné , Christiaan Boersma

As the only moon in the solar system with a thick atmosphere, Titan is a compelling and enigmatic world containing a complex organic haze. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules are believed to play an essential role in the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-27 Li Zhou , Kaijun Li , Aigen Li , Zheng Zhou

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules are widely considered as the preferred candidate for the carrier of the unidentified infrared emission bands observed in the interstellar medium and circumstellar envelopes. In this paper we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Yong Zhang , Sun Kwok

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

Interstellar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs) are an important component of the interstellar medium of galaxies, containing some 10 percent of the elemental carbon. Their vibrational emission dominates the mid-infrared spectra of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-06 A. G. G. M. Tielens

It has been an unanswered question how many dusty galaxies have been undetected from the state-of-the-art observational surveys. JWST enables us to detect faint IR galaxies that have prominent polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) features…

Interstellar Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules exist in diverse forms depending on the local physical environment. Formation of ionized PAHs (anions and cations) is favourable in the extreme conditions of the ISM. Besides in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-12-27 Mridusmita Buragohain , Amit Pathak , Peter Sarre , Nand Kishor Gour

In this paper, we explore the detectability of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) under diverse planetary conditions, aiming to identify promising targets for future observations of planetary atmospheres. Our primary goal is to…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-13 Rosa Arenales-Lope , Karan Molaverdikhani , Dwaipayan Dubey , Barbara Ercolano , Fabian Grübel , Christian Rab

The infrared (IR) emission of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) permeates our universe; astronomers have detected the IR signatures of PAHs around many interstellar objects. The IR emission of interstellar PAHs differs from their…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-05 Cameron J. Mackie , Tao Chen , Alessandra Candian , Timothy J. Lee , Alexander G. G. M. Tielens

In order to find out capable molecular source of astronomically well observed infrared (IR) spectrum, asymmetric molecular configuration polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) was analyzed by the density functional theory (DFT) analysis.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-10-27 Norio Ota

We have obtained new STIS/HST spectra to search for structure in the ultraviolet interstellar extinction curve, with particular emphasis on a search for absorption features produced by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). The presence…

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) are organic molecules which comprise the smallest particles of dust in the interstellar medium (ISM). Due to their broad/complex emission profiles, obtaining kinematics is a challenge with traditional…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-05-24 Fergus R. Donnan , Dimitra Rigopoulou , Ismael García-Bernete

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) have been detected throughout the universe where they play essential roles in the evolution of their environments. For example, they are believed to affect atmospheric loss rates of close-in planets…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-13 Fabian Grübel , Karan Molaverdikhani , Barbara Ercolano , Christian Rab , Oliver Trapp , Dwaipayan Dubey , Rosa Arenales-Lope

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous in astrophysical environments, as revealed by their pronounced emission features at 3.3, 6.2, 7.7, 8.6, 11.3, and 12.7 $\mu$m commonly ascribed to the C--H and C--C vibrational modes.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-07-19 Han Zhang , Charles M. Telesco , Thiem Hoang , Aigen Li , Eric Pantin , Christopher M. Wright , Dan Li , Peter Barnes
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