Experimental investigation on the formation of carbon-bearing molecules in the interstellar medium via neutral− neutral reactions

RI Kaiser - Chemical Reviews, 2002 - ACS Publications
The physical and chemical processes leading to the formation of molecules in the interstellar
medium (ISM) sthe vast voids between the starssfascinated scientists since the first detection …

[PDF][PDF] Multiconfigurational perturbation theory: Applications in electronic spectroscopy

BO Roos, K Andersson, MP Fülscher… - … in chemical physics …, 1996 - git.irsamc.ups-tlse.fr
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Theoretical infrared spectra for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon neutrals, cations, and anions

SR Langhoff - The Journal of Physical Chemistry, 1996 - ACS Publications
Calculations are carried out using density functional theory (DFT) to determine the harmonic
frequencies and intensities of the neutrals and cations of 13 polycyclic aromatic …

[HTML][HTML] A survey of diffuse interstellar bands (3800-8680 A)

P Jenniskens, FX Desert - … and Astrophysics Suppl., Vol. 106, p …, 1994 - adsabs.harvard.edu
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The reactivity of ground-state carbon atoms with unsaturated hydrocarbons in combustion flames and in the interstellar medium

RI Kaiser, AM Mebel - International Reviews in Physical Chemistry, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
This article reviews recent crossed-beams and ab-initio studies of reactions of ground-state
carbon atoms C (3P j) with unsaturated hydrocarbons and their radicals. All reactions have …

The interstellar chemistry of PAH cations

TP Snow, V Le Page, Y Keheyan, VM Bierbaum - Nature, 1998 - nature.com
Diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) are mysterious absorption lines in the optical spectra of
stars, and have been known for 75 years 1. Although it is widely believed 2, 3, 4 that they …

Molecular growth of PANH via intermolecular Coulombic decay

S Barik, NR Behera, S Dutta, RK Kushawaha… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Nitrogen-bearing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PANHs) are ubiquitous in space. They
are considered precursors to advanced biomolecules identified in meteorites. However, their …

Dust in the local interstellar wind

PC Frisch, JM Dorschner, J Geiss… - The Astrophysical …, 1999 - iopscience.iop.org
The gas-to-dust mass ratios found for interstellar dust within the solar system, versus values
determined astronomically for the cloud around the solar system, suggest that large and …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and the diffuse interstellar bands: A survey

F Salama, GA Galazutdinov, J Krełowski… - The Astrophysical …, 1999 - iopscience.iop.org
We discuss the proposal relating the origin of some of the diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) to
neutral and ionized polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) present in interstellar clouds …

Time-dependent density functional study on the electronic excitation energies of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon radical cations of naphthalene, anthracene, pyrene …

S Hirata, TJ Lee, M Head-Gordon - The Journal of chemical physics, 1999 - pubs.aip.org
Time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) and its modification, the Tamm–Dancoff
approximation to TDDFT, are employed to calculate the electronic excitation energies and …