Low temperature formation of naphthalene and its role in the synthesis of PAHs (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons) in the interstellar medium

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-58

  Parker, Dorian S N ^a   Zhang, Fangtong ^a   Kim, Y Seol ^a   Kaiser, Ralf I ^a   Landera, Alexander ^b   Kislov, Vadim V ^b   Mebel, Alexander M ^b   Tielens, A G G M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Astrochemistry; Flame chemistry; Molecular beams; Reaction dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE; HYDROGEN; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMBUSTION; CYCLIZATION; GAS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ISOMERIZATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICAL REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

COLD TEMPERATURE; COSMIC DUST; FREE RADICALS; ISOMERISM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NAPHTHALENES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84862907828     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1113827108     Document Type: Article

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