Evolution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in photodissociation regions-Hydrogenation and charge states

J Montillaud, C Joblin, D Toublanc - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2013 - aanda.org
Context. Various studies have emphasised variations in the charge state and composition of
the interstellar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) population in photodissociation …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon molecules and the 2175Å interstellar extinction bump

Q Lin, XJ Yang, A Li - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The exact nature of the 2175 extinction bump, the strongest spectroscopic absorption feature
superimposed on the interstellar extinction curve, remains unknown ever since its discovery …

Hydrogenation and dehydrogenation of interstellar PAHs: Spectral characteristics and H2 formation

H Andrews, A Candian, A Tielens - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2016 - aanda.org
Context. We have modelled the abundance distribution and IR emission of the first 3
members of the coronene family in the north-west photodissociation region of the well …

VUV photo-processing of PAH cations: quantitative study on the ionization versus fragmentation processes

J Zhen, SR Castillo, C Joblin, G Mulas… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Interstellar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are strongly affected by the absorption
of vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) photons in the interstellar medium (ISM), yet the branching ratio …

Electronic spectroscopy of medium-sized polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: implications for the carriers of the 2175 Å UV bump

M Steglich, C Jäger, G Rouillé, F Huisken… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Mixtures of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have been produced by means of laser
pyrolysis. The main fraction of the extracted PAHs was primarily medium-sized, up to a …

Fragmentation of the PAH cations of Isoviolanthrene and Dicoronylene: A case made for interstellar cyclo [n] carbons as products of universal fragmentation processes

HR Hrodmarsson, J Bouwman, AGGM Tielens… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The photo-induced fragmentation pathways of the cationic forms of isoviolanthrene (C 34 H
18) and dicoronylene (C 48 H 20) are systematically studied with mass spectrometry …

Laboratory photo-chemistry of PAHs: ionization versus fragmentation

J Zhen, P Castellanos, DM Paardekooper… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Interstellar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are expected to be strongly processed
by vacuum ultraviolet photons. Here, we report experimental studies on the ionization and …

Real-space density functional theory on graphical processing units: Computational approach and comparison to Gaussian basis set methods

X Andrade, A Aspuru-Guzik - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2013 - ACS Publications
We discuss the application of graphical processing units (GPUs) to accelerate real-space
density functional theory (DFT) calculations. To make our implementation efficient, we have …

Quantum modeling of the optical spectra of carbon cluster structural families and relation to the interstellar extinction UV bump

C Dubosq, F Calvo, M Rapacioli, E Dartois… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
Context. The UV bump observed in the interstellar medium extinction curve of galaxies has
been assigned to π→ π⋆ transitions within the sp 2 conjugated network of carbon grains …

Laboratory hydrogenation of the photo-fragments of PAH cations: Co-evolution interstellar chemistry

C Zhang, X Hu, Y Ge, Z Dong, Y Yang, J Liu… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
To investigate co-evolution interstellar chemistry, we studied the gas-phase hydrogenation
processes of possible photo-fragments of large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) …