Inference of a 7.75 eV Lower Limit in the Ultraviolet Pumping of Interstellar Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Cations with Resulting Unidentified Infrared Emissions

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Jan 1997

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997apj...474..474r&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal v.474, p.474

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

12

Ism: Dust, Extinction, Infrared: Ism: Lines And Bands, Ism: Molecules, Molecular Data, Ultraviolet: Ism

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The discrete infrared features known as the unidentified infrared (UIR) bands originating in starburst regions of other galaxies, and in H II regions and planetary nebulae within the Milky Way, are widely thought to be the result of ultraviolet pumped infrared fluorescence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules and ions. These UIR emissions are estimated to account for 10%--30% of the total energy emitted by galaxies. Laboratory absorption spectra including the vacuum ultraviolet region, as described in this paper, show a weakening of the intensity of absorption features as the population of cations increases, suggesting that strong pi * <-- pi transitions are absent in the spectra of PAH cations. This implies a lower energy bound for ultraviolet photons that pump infrared emissions from such ions at 7.75 eV, an amount greater than previously thought. The implications include size and structure limitations on the PAH molecules and ions which are apparent constituents of the interstellar medium. Also, this might affect estimations of the population of early-type stars in regions of rapid star formation.

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