3 papers
astro-ph.GA2025
Rotationally inelastic scattering of cyanocyclopentadiene by helium atoms
Karina Sogomonyan, Malek Ben Khalifa, Phoebe Pierré +1
In the interstellar medium (ISM), polycylic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are believed to be an important carbon reservoir, accounting for up to a quarter of all interstellar carbon…
astro-ph.GA2025
Rotational Excitation of Vinyl Cyanide by Collisions with Helium Atoms at Low Temperature
Karina Sogomonyan, Malek Ben Khalifa, Jérôme Loreau
Among the numerous molecular systems found in the interstellar medium (ISM), vinyl cyanide is the first identified olephinic nitrile. While it has been observed in various sources,…
physics.atm-clus2024
First close-coupling study of the excitation of a large cyclic molecule: collision of c-C5H6 with He
Sándor Demes, Cheikh Tidiane Bop, Malek Ben Khalifa +1
Recent astronomical observations revealed an increasing molecular complexity in the interstellar medium through the detection of a series of large cyclic carbon species. To correct…