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Laboratory Studies on the Role of PAHs as DIB Carriers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2014

F. Huisken ,
G. Rouillé ,
M. Steglich ,
Y. Carpentier ,
C. Jäger  and
Th. Henning
F. Huisken
Affiliation:
Laboratory Astrophysics Group of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of Solid State Physics, Helmholtzweg 3, D-07743 Jena, Germany email: friedrich.huisken@uni-jena.de
G. Rouillé
Affiliation:
Laboratory Astrophysics Group of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of Solid State Physics, Helmholtzweg 3, D-07743 Jena, Germany email: friedrich.huisken@uni-jena.de
M. Steglich
Affiliation:
Laboratory Astrophysics Group of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of Solid State Physics, Helmholtzweg 3, D-07743 Jena, Germany email: friedrich.huisken@uni-jena.de
Y. Carpentier
Affiliation:
Laboratory Astrophysics Group of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of Solid State Physics, Helmholtzweg 3, D-07743 Jena, Germany email: friedrich.huisken@uni-jena.de
C. Jäger
Affiliation:
Laboratory Astrophysics Group of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of Solid State Physics, Helmholtzweg 3, D-07743 Jena, Germany email: friedrich.huisken@uni-jena.de
Th. Henning
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Königstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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Abstract

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The electronic spectroscopy of various polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules has been studied in the laboratory at low temperatures using both molecular beam and matrix isolation spectroscopy techniques. While molecular beam spectra can be readily compared to astronomical observations, the band positions measured in Ne and Ar matrices are extrapolated to obtain rather good estimates for the same transitions in the gas phase. Absolute absorption cross sections are determined for gas-phase and matrix spectra by comparing them with calibrated solution spectra. All laboratory results are analyzed and discussed in view of the role that PAHs can play as carriers of the diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs). Our studies suggest that regular neutral PAHs are not responsible for any of the known strong DIBs.

Keywords

DIBsPAHsmolecular beamsmatrix isolation spectroscopyelectronic absorption spectra

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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 9 , Symposium S297: The Diffuse Interstellar Bands , May 2013 , pp. 265 - 275
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2014 

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