Direct spectroscopic evidence for ionized polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the interstellar medium

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 513, Issue 1 PART 2, 1999, Pages

  Sloan, G C ^a,b   Hayward, T L ^c   Allamandola, L J ^b   Bregman, J D ^b   DeVito, B ^c   Hudgins, D M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Dust, extinction; Infrared: ISM: lines and bands; ISM: molecules

Indexed keywords

CATION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; MICROCLIMATE; SPECTROSCOPY;

ASTRONOMY; CATIONS; COSMIC DUST; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0039242121     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/311906     Document Type: Article

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