Protonated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Revisited

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Feb 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011apj...727..128r&link_type=abstract

The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 727, Issue 2, article id. 128 (2011).

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Astrochemistry, Infrared: Ism, Ism: Lines And Bands, Ism: Molecules, Line: Identification, Methods: Numerical, Molecular Data

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We reconsider the contribution that singly protonated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs; HPAH+s) might make to the Class A component of the 6.2 μm interstellar emission feature in light of the recent experimental measurements of protonated naphthalene and coronene. Our calculations on the small HPAH+s have a band near 6.2 μm, as found in experiment. While the larger HPAH+s still have emission near 6.2 μm, the much larger intensity of the band near 6.3 μm overwhelms the weaker band at 6.2 μm, so that the 6.2 μm band is barely visible. Since the large PAHs are more representative of those in the interstellar medium, our work suggests that large HPAH+s cannot be major contributors to the observed emission at 6.2 μm (i.e., Class A species). Saturating large PAH cations with hydrogen atoms retains the 6.2 μm Class A band position, but the rest of the spectrum is inconsistent with observed spectra.

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