Photodissociation and X-Ray-Dominated Regions

MG Wolfire, L Vallini, M Chevance - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The radiation from stars and active galactic nuclei (AGNs) creates photodissociation regions
(PDRs) and X-ray-dominated regions (XDRs), where the chemistry or heating is dominated …

Prebiotic astrochemistry and the formation of molecules of astrobiological interest in interstellar clouds and protostellar disks

SA Sandford, M Nuevo, PP Bera, TJ Lee - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Despite the generally hostile nature of the environments involved, chemistry does occur in
space. Molecules are seen in environments that span a wide range of physical and chemical …

Soluble organic molecules in samples of the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu

H Naraoka, Y Takano, JP Dworkin, Y Oba, K Hamase… - Science, 2023 - science.org
The Hayabusa2 spacecraft collected samples from the surface of the carbonaceous near-
Earth asteroid (162173) Ryugu and brought them to Earth. The samples were expected to …

Spitzer's perspective of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in galaxies

A Li - Nature Astronomy, 2020 - nature.com
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules are abundant and widespread throughout
the Universe, as revealed by their distinctive set of emission bands at 3.3, 6.2, 7.7, 8.6, 11.3 …

Interstellar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon molecules

AGGM Tielens - Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys., 2008 - annualreviews.org
Large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules carry the infrared (IR) emission
features that dominate the spectra of most galactic and extragalactic sources. This review …

Infrared emission from interstellar dust. IV. The silicate-graphite-PAH model in the post-Spitzer era

BT Draine, A Li - The Astrophysical Journal, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
IR emission spectra are calculated for dust heated by starlight, for mixtures of amorphous
silicate and graphitic grains, including varying amounts of PAH particles. The models are …

PDRs4All: A JWST early release science program on radiative feedback from massive stars

PI Team, O Berné, É Habart, E Peeters… - Publications of the …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST, Gardner et al. 2006) is a 6.5 m space telescope
launched in 2021 December and is developed by the National Aeronautics and Space …

Observations of the planetary nebula SMP LMC 058 with the JWST MIRI medium resolution spectrometer

OC Jones, J Álvarez-Márquez, GC Sloan… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
During the commissioning of JWST, the medium-resolution spectrometer (MRS) on the mid-
infrared instrument (MIRI) observed the planetary nebula SMP LMC 058 in the Large …

GLIMPSE. I. An SIRTF legacy project to map the inner galaxy

RA Benjamin, E Churchwell, BL Babler… - Publications of the …, 2003 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT The Galactic Legacy Infrared Mid‐Plane Survey Extraordinaire (GLIMPSE), a
Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) Legacy Science Program, will be a fully sampled …

The molecular universe

A Tielens - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2013 - APS
Molecular absorption and emission bands dominate the visible, infrared, and submillimeter
spectra of most objects with associated gas. These observations reveal a surprisingly rich …