Searching for the Shortest-wavelength Aromatic Infrared Bands: No Evidence for the Predicted 1.05 $\mu$m Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Feature

Dennis Lee, Brandon S. Hensley, Tzu-Ching Chang +1

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are responsible for a variety of near- and mid-infrared spectral features in Galactic and extragalactic sources. A feature at 1.05 $\mu$m aris…