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Chemical Properties of Interstellar Polycyclic Aromatic Molecules

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Alain Omont
Alain Omont*
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Grenoble, CERMO - B.P. 68, 38402 Saint-Martin d'Hères Cedex, France

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There is substantial evidence of the presence of polycyclic aromatic molecules, mainly hydrocarbons (PAH's) in the interstellar medium (Léger and Puget, 1984, Allamandola et al. 1985, Léger and d'Hendecourt in these proceedings). They should contain typically NC = 20–100 carbon atoms, and they can contain perhaps 1–10% of the total interstellar carbon. I have recently discussed in detail their physical and chemical properties (Omont, 1986), which should be intermediate between that of conventional interstellar molecules and grains.

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Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 120: Astrochemistry , 1987 , pp. 545 - 546
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Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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