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most citedPDRs4All IV. An embarrassment of riches: Aromatic infrared bands in the Orion Bar

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33 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

Interstellar Aromatic Infrared Bands: IR absorption spectroscopy of the lowest triplet state of naphthalene

Priyanka Arvind Paunikar, Hugo Maurer, Lars Reems +5

The aromatic infrared bands (AIBs), emission features observed ubiquitously across a wide variety of interstellar objects, are commonly attributed to radiative cooling of highly-ex…

astro-ph.GA2026

Detection of C Combination Bands in the Near-IR Spectrum of Tc 1

Morgan M. Giese, Vincent J. Esposito, Simon Van Schuylenbergh +26

We report the detection of a set of new near-infrared emission features between 3.5 and 5.2 m in JWST/NIRSpec observations of Tc 1, the planetary nebula known for displaying the…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

Searching for Corannulene with ALMA: Observations of the Red Rectangle Nebula

Elise Koo, Alessandra Candian, Michiel Hogerheijde +6

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) are organic molecules responsible for the Aromatic Infrared Bands (AIBs), observed across a multitude of astrophysical environments. Despite…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 8 cited

Laser-induced fragmentation of coronene cations

S. Panchagnula, J. Kamer, A. Candian +4

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are an important component of the interstellar medium of galaxies and photochemistry plays a key role in the evolution of these species in space. H…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 10 cited

Photofragmentation of Corannulene (C20H10) and Sumanene (C21H12) cations in gas phase and its Astrophysical implications

P. Sundararajan, A. Candian, J. Kamer +2

The aromatic infrared Bands (AIBs) dominate the mid-infrared spectra of many galactic and extragalactic sources. These AIBs are generally attributed to fluorescent emission from ar…

astro-ph.GA2024

PDRs4All VIII: Mid-IR emission line inventory of the Orion Bar

Dries Van De Putte, Raphael Meshaka, Boris Trahin +135

Mid-infrared emission features probe the properties of ionized gas, and hot or warm molecular gas. The Orion Bar is a frequently studied photodissociation region (PDR) containing l…

astro-ph.GA2024

A far-ultraviolet-driven photoevaporation flow observed in a protoplanetary disk

Olivier Berné, Emilie Habart, Els Peeters +143

Most low-mass stars form in stellar clusters that also contain massive stars, which are sources of far-ultraviolet (FUV) radiation. Theoretical models predict that this FUV radiati…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 14 cited

PDRs4All VII. The 3.3 m aromatic infrared band as a tracer of physical properties of the ISM in galaxies

Ilane Schroetter, Olivier Berné, Christine Joblin +9

Aromatic infrared bands (AIBs) are a set of broad emission bands at 3.3, 6.2, 7.7, 8.6, 11.2, and 12.7 m, seen in the infrared spectra of most galaxies. With JWST, the 3.3 m…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 21 cited

The Infrared Absorption Spectrum of Phenylacetylene and its Deuterated Isotopologue in the Mid- to Far-IR

Vincent J. Esposito, Piero Ferrari, Wybren Jan Buma +4

Anharmonicity strongly influences the absorption and emission spectra of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules. Here, IR-UV ion-dip spectroscopy experiments together with…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 16 cited

PDRs4All VI: Probing the Photochemical Evolution of PAHs in the Orion Bar Using Machine Learning Techniques

S. Pasquini, E. Peeters, B. Schefter +21

[Abridged] JWST observations of the Orion Bar have shown the incredible richness of PAH bands and their variation on small scales. We aim to probe the photochemical evolution of PA…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 92 cited

PDRs4All III: JWST's NIR spectroscopic view of the Orion Bar

Els Peeters, Emilie Habart, Olivier Berne +135

(Abridged) We investigate the impact of radiative feedback from massive stars on their natal cloud and focus on the transition from the HII region to the atomic PDR (crossing the i…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 115 cited

PDRs4All IV. An embarrassment of riches: Aromatic infrared bands in the Orion Bar

Ryan Chown, Ameek Sidhu, Els Peeters +136

(Abridged) Mid-infrared observations of photodissociation regions (PDRs) are dominated by strong emission features called aromatic infrared bands (AIBs). The most prominent AIBs ar…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 47 cited

PDRs4All II: JWST's NIR and MIR imaging view of the Orion Nebula

Emilie Habart, Els Peeters, Olivier Berné +139

The JWST has captured the most detailed and sharpest infrared images ever taken of the inner region of the Orion Nebula, the nearest massive star formation region, and a prototypic…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 88 cited

PDRs4All: A JWST Early Release Science Program on radiative feedback from massive stars

Olivier Berné, Émilie Habart, Els Peeters +134

Massive stars disrupt their natal molecular cloud material through radiative and mechanical feedback processes. These processes have profound effects on the evolution of interstell…

physics.chem-ph2021★ 16 cited

Gas-phase spectroscopy of photostable PAH ions from the mid- to far-infrared

Sandra D. Wiersma, Alessandra Candian, Joost M. Bakker +1

We present gas-phase InfraRed Multiple Photon Dissociation (IRMPD) spectroscopy of cationic phenanthrene, pyrene, and perylene over the 1001700 cm (6-95 m) spectral ra…

physics.chem-ph2021★ 5 cited

IRMPD spectroscopy of a PAH cation using FELICE: The infrared spectrum and photodissociation of dibenzo[a,l]pyrene

Sandra Denise Wiersma, Alessandra Candian, Mathias Rapacioli +1

We present the experimental InfraRed Multiple Photon Dissociation (IRMPD) spectrum and fragmentation mass spectrum of the irregular, cationic PAH dibenzo[a,l]pyrene (CH$_{14…

physics.chem-ph2021★ 14 cited

IR photofragmentation of the Phenyl Cation: Spectroscopy and Fragmentation Pathways

S. D. Wiersma, A. Candian, J. M. Bakker +5

We present the gas-phase infrared spectra of the phenyl cation, phenylium, in its perprotio CH and perdeutero CD forms, in the 260-1925 cm (5.2-38 m)…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 29 cited

Structural investigation of doubly-dehydrogenated pyrene cations

Sanjana Panchagnula, Jordy Bouwman, Daniël B. Rap +7

The vibrationally resolved spectra of the pyrene cation and doubly-dehydrogenated pyrene cation (CH; Py and CH; ddPy) are presented…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 24 cited

Photolysis-induced scrambling of PAHs as a mechanism for deuterium storage

S. D. Wiersma, A. Candian, J. M. Bakker +4

Aim. We investigate the role of PAHs as a sink for deuterium in the interstellar medium and study UV photolysis as a potential process in the variations of the deuterium fractionat…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 41 cited

The aromatic Universe

A. Candian, J. Zhen, A. G. G. M. Tielens

The rich molecular structures of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons -- essentially planar flakes of fused benzene rings -- and their fullerene cousins are revealed through their vibr…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 42 cited

Searching for stable fullerenes in space with computational chemistry

Alessandra Candian, Marina Gomes Rachid, Heather MacIsaac +3

We report a computational study of the stability and infrared (IR) vibrational spectra of neutral and singly ionised fullerene cages containing between 44 and 70 carbon atoms. The…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 63 cited

Fully anharmonic infrared cascade spectra of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Cameron J. Mackie, Tao Chen, Alessandra Candian +2

The infrared (IR) emission of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) permeates our universe; astronomers have detected the IR signatures of PAHs around many interstellar objects.…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 27 cited

Anharmonicity and the infrared emission spectrum of highly excited PAHs

Tao Chen, Cameron Mackie, Alessandra Candian +2

Aims. Infrared (IR) spectroscopy is a powerful tool to study molecules in space. A key issue in such analyses is understanding the effect that temperature and anharmonicity have on…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 36 cited

Laboratory gas-phase infrared spectra of two astronomically relevant PAH cations: diindenoperylene, CH and dicoronylene, CH

Junfeng Zhen, Alessandra Candian, Pablo Castellanos +3

The first gas-phase infrared spectra of two isolated astronomically relevant and large PAH cations - diindenoperylene (DIP) and dicoronylene (DC) - in the 5301800 cm (18.…