Testing the “strong” PAHs hypothesis - I. Profile invariance of electronic transitions of interstellar PAH cations

G. Malloci; G. Mulas; P. Benvenuti

doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20031211

Free Access

Issue		A&A Volume 410, Number 2, November I 2003


Page(s)		623 - 637
Section		Interstellar and circumstellar matter
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031211
Published online		17 November 2003

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