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Turbulent depletion of PAHs through processing by clustering, adsorption, desorption, and photodissociation in the disc at 1 Myr and 5 Myr after formation. The calculations were performed for coronene C24H12, bisanthene C28H14, and ovalene C32H14. Strong (α = 10−2) and intermediate turbulence (α = 10−3) cause a depletion of recoverable PAHs by a factor of 50–500 compared to the initial ISM abundance in the model STD. At distances larger than 50 au we do not find a layer where adsorption and therefore a full cycle can happen. For larger species than ovalene, the depletion increases when the PAH species is larger.
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