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Navarro Navarrete, José E., Bull, James N. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0953-1716, Cederquist, Henrik, Indrajith, Suvasthika, Ji, MingChao, Schmidt, Henning T., Zettergren, Henning, Zhu, Boxing and Stockett, Mark H.
(2023)
Experimental radiative cooling rates of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon cation.
Faraday Discussions, 245.
pp. 352-367.
ISSN 1364-5498
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Abstract
Several small Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) have been identified recently in the Taurus Molecular Cloud (TMC-1) using radio telescope observations. Reproducing the observed abundances of these molecules has been a challenge for astrochemical models. Rapid radiative cooling of PAHs by Recurrent Fluorescence (RF), the emission of optical photons from thermally populated electronically excited states, has been shown to efficiently stabilize small PAHs following ionization, augmenting their resilience in astronomical environments and helping to rationalize their observed high abundances. Here, we use a novel method to experimentally determine the radiative cooling rate of the cation of 1-cyanonaphthalene (C 10H 7CN, 1-CNN), the neutral species of which has been identified in TMC-1. Laser-induced dissociation rates and kinetic energy release distributions of 1-CNN cations isolated in a cryogenic electrostatic ion-beam storage ring are analysed to track the time evolution of the vibrational energy distribution of the initially hot ion ensemble as it cools. The measured cooling rate is in good agreement with the previously calculated RF rate coefficient. Improved measurements and models of the RF mechanism are needed to interpret astronomical observations and refine predictions of the stabilities of interstellar PAHs.
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| Additional Information: | Author acknowledgements This work was supported by Swedish Research Council grant numbers 2016-03675 (MHS), 2018-04092 (HTS), 2019-04379 (HC), 2020-03437 (HZ), Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation grant number 2018.0028 (HC, HTS, and HZ), Olle Engkvist Foundation grant number 200-575 (MHS), and Swedish Foundation for International Collaboration in Research and Higher Education (STINT) grant number PT2017-7328 (JNB and MHS). We acknowledge the DESIREE infrastructure for provisioning of facilities and experimental support, and thank the operators and technical staff for their invaluable assistance. The DESIREE infrastructure receives funding from the Swedish Research Council under the grant numbers 2017-00621 and 2021-00155. This article is based upon work from COST Action CA18212 - Molecular Dynamics in the GAS phase (MD-GAS), supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology). |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | physical and theoretical chemistry ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1600/1606 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Chemistry of Light and Energy Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Photonics and Quantum Science |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Feb 2023 15:30 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Sep 2023 13:30 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/91066 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/D3FD00005B |
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