Observation of spontaneous N-bearing PAH formation using ion trap: a new formation pathway in the interstellar medium

arXiv:2605.14424 · astro-ph.GA, physics.chem-ph · Submitted 2026-08-19 · Read on arXiv

Siddhartha S. Payra, Pratikkumar Thakkar, Shiv Gupta, Ruth Ann Mathews, Yash Lenka, Saurav Dutta, Nihar Ranjan Behera, Krishna R. Nandipati, G. Aravind

astro-ph.GA, physics.chem-ph

Submitted: 2026-08-19

Updated: 2026-08-20

Terminology

• Abundance — 7× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Accuracy — 3× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Abstraction — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Calibration — 1× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Channel Electron Multiplier — 1× in this paper
• Density Functional Theory (DFT) — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Initial Data — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer — 1× in this paper
• James Webb Space Telescope — 1× in this paper
• Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Trace — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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