Efficient stabilization of cyanonaphthalene by fast radiative cooling and implications for the resilience of small PAHs in interstellar clouds
The abundances of small Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) observed in interstellar clouds has surprised astronomers and confounded astrochemical models. Here, the authors show that fast radiative cooling by Recurrent Fluorescence efficiently stabilizes the small PAH cation 1-cyanonaphthalene.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2023-01-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36092-0 |