Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Astrophysics

Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 Objectives of the Workshop
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   Chapter 2 Photons, Molecules and Solids in Interstellar and Circumstellar Regions: an Introduction for Non Astronomers
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   Chapter 3 On the Electronic Structure of Graphite
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   Chapter 4 Various Kinds Of Solid Carbon: Structure and Optical, Properties
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   Chapter 5 Gas/Carbonaceous Surface Interactions
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   Chapter 6 Vuv to Fir Laboratory Observations on Submicron Amorphous Carbon Particles
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   Chapter 7 Spectroscopy of Matrix-Isolated Carbon Molecules in the UV, Vis, and IR Spectral Range
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   Chapter 8 Remarkable Periodicities in the Mass Spectra of Carbon Aggregates
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    Chapter 9 Reactions of Thermal Hydrogen Atoms and Energetic Hydrogen and Oxygen Ions with Pyrolytic Graphite
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    Chapter 10 Photophysics, Electronic Spectroscopy and Relaxation of Molecular Ions and Radicals with Special Reference to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
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    Chapter 11 Fluorescence Lineshapes of Polyatomic Molecules — Spectroscopy without Eigenstates
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    Chapter 12 Structure and Chemistry of PAHs
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    Chapter 13 Synthesis and Spectroscopy of Tribenzo(a, g, m)Coronene, A New, Exceptionally Stable, Fully Benzenoid PAH
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    Chapter 14 Hot Carbon Atoms as a Potential Source for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
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    Chapter 15 Carbon Components of Interstellar Dust
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    Chapter 16 Molecular Origin of the 216 NM Interstellar Hump
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    Chapter 17 Chains and Grains in Interstellar Space
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    Chapter 18 Mid Infrared Excess and Ultraviolet Extinction
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    Chapter 19 High Spectral Resolution Observation of the 3.3μm Emission Band and Comparison with Laboratory-Synthesized Quenched Carbonaceous Composite (QCC)
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    Chapter 20 Discussion I: Carbon in the Interstellar Medium
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    Chapter 21 Identification of PAHs in Astronomical IR Spectra- Implications
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    Chapter 22 The IR Emission Features: Emission from PAH Molecules and Amorphous Carbon Particles
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    Chapter 23 The Hydrogen Coverage of Interstellar PAHs
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    Chapter 24 New Observations of Infrared Astronomical Bands: IRAS-LRS and 3μm Ground-Based Spectra
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    Chapter 25 Distribution of PAH in the Galaxy Derived from the IRAS Data
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    Chapter 26 Infrared features in extragalactic objects
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    Chapter 27 Very Small Grains in Spiral Galaxies
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    Chapter 28 IRAS Observations of a ‘Typical’ Dark Cloud
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    Chapter 29 Coal Tar as a Laboratory Analog of an Interstellar PAH Mixture
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    Chapter 30 Hydrogenated Amorphous Carbon (α:C-H) in the Planetary Nebula NGC 7027
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    Chapter 31 Visual and Infrared Fluorescence from L1780
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    Chapter 32 Discussion II: Interpretation of IR Observations
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    Chapter 33 Possible Carriers of the Diffuse Interstellar Bands
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    Chapter 34 Discussion III: The Diffuse Interstellar Bands — Are They Carried by PAH’s?
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    Chapter 35 Physics and Chemistry of Interstellar Polycyclic Aromatic Molecules
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    Chapter 36 Formation, Destruction and Excitation of Carbon Grains and PAH Molecules
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    Chapter 37 Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons and the Condensation of Carbon in Stellar Winds