The 15-21 um PAH plateau

2005/06/30 by E. Peeters, Peeters, E., A. L. Mattioda +7 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0507008

conference proceedings of Spitzer New Views of the Cosmos, 2 pages

arxiv created 2005/06/30 · openalex publication_date 2005/06/30 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We present 14--21 um emission spectra of star forming regions and compare them with the PAH spectra from the Ames PAH database. We show that while the emission in this region can be quite variable, the bulk of these variations can be accommodated by variations in the IS PAH population.

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