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Article: On The Origin Of The 11.3 Micron Unidentified Infrared Emission Feature

TitleOn The Origin Of The 11.3 Micron Unidentified Infrared Emission Feature
Authors
Keywordsinfrared: ISM
ISM: lines and bands
ISM: molecules
planetary nebulae: general
Issue Date2015
Citation
The Astrophyical Journal, 2015, v. 807 n.1, article no. 95 How to Cite?
AbstractThe 11.3 μm emission feature is a prominent member of the family of uniden-tified infrared emission (UIE) bands and is frequently attributed to out-of-plane bending modes of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules. We have performed quantum mechanical calculations of 60 neutral PAH molecules and found that it is difficult to reconcile the observed astronomical feature with any or a mix of these PAH molecules. We have further analyzed the fitting of spectra of several astronomical objects by the NASA PAH database program and found that reasonable fittings to the observed spectra are only possible by including significant contributions from oxygen and/or magnesium containing molecules in the mix. A mixed of pure PAH molecules, even including units of different sizes, geometry and charged states, is unable to fit the astronomical spectra. Preliminary theoretical results on the vibrational spectra of simple molecules with mixed aromatic/aliphatic structures show that these structures have consistent bundles of vibrational modes and could be viable carriers of the UIE bands.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/210775
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dc.contributor.authorSadjadi, S-
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Y-
dc.contributor.authorKwok, S-
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-23T05:50:08Z-
dc.date.available2015-06-23T05:50:08Z-
dc.date.issued2015-
dc.identifier.citationThe Astrophyical Journal, 2015, v. 807 n.1, article no. 95-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/210775-
dc.description.abstractThe 11.3 μm emission feature is a prominent member of the family of uniden-tified infrared emission (UIE) bands and is frequently attributed to out-of-plane bending modes of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules. We have performed quantum mechanical calculations of 60 neutral PAH molecules and found that it is difficult to reconcile the observed astronomical feature with any or a mix of these PAH molecules. We have further analyzed the fitting of spectra of several astronomical objects by the NASA PAH database program and found that reasonable fittings to the observed spectra are only possible by including significant contributions from oxygen and/or magnesium containing molecules in the mix. A mixed of pure PAH molecules, even including units of different sizes, geometry and charged states, is unable to fit the astronomical spectra. Preliminary theoretical results on the vibrational spectra of simple molecules with mixed aromatic/aliphatic structures show that these structures have consistent bundles of vibrational modes and could be viable carriers of the UIE bands.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.relation.ispartofThe Astrophyical Journal-
dc.subjectinfrared: ISM-
dc.subjectISM: lines and bands-
dc.subjectISM: molecules-
dc.subjectplanetary nebulae: general-
dc.titleOn The Origin Of The 11.3 Micron Unidentified Infrared Emission Feature-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailKwok, S: deannote@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailZhang, Y: zhangy96@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailSadjadi, S: ssadjadi@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityZhang, Y=rp00841-
dc.identifier.authorityKwok, S=rp00716-
dc.description.naturepublished_or_final_version-
dc.identifier.doi10.1088/0004-637X/807/1/95-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-84936804268-
dc.identifier.hkuros244119-
dc.identifier.eissn1538-4357-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000358945200095-
dc.identifier.issnl0004-637X-

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