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Article Contents
1 Introduction
2 Observations
3 IRAC colors of the diffuse emission
4 3.3 $\mu $m feature and continuum
5 Spectral diagnostics of PAH size and ionization state
6 PAH size and ionization state across the diffuse ISM
7 The origin of the NIR continuum
8 Conclusion
Appendix A: Determination of neutral and cation PAH cross-sections
References

List of tables
List of figures

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