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The NASA Ames PAH IR Spectroscopic Database

Last Revision Date: Feb 16, 2022
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Published Date: Feb 16, 2022
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Image credit: The PAHdb Team
Description

The astronomical emission features, formerly dubbed the unidentified infrared bands, are now commonly ascribed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). The laboratory experiments and computational modeling done at the NASA Ames Research Center to create an unrivaled collection of PAH IR spectra relevant to test and refine the PAH hypothesis have been assembled into a spectroscopic database. This database contains the laboratory-measured and density-functional-theory-computed spectra of over 4,000 PAHs and PAH clusters. Online and offline Python/IDL tools are available to work with the data.

Data
File or URL Description/Data Usage File Size Date
https://www.astrochemistry.org/pahdb/ Database of over 4,000 laboratory-measured and density-functional-theory-computed spectra of PAHs and PAH clusters. Feb 16, 2022
Related Works
DOI Description
https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/abc2c8 The NASA Ames PAH IR Spectroscopic Database: The Laboratory Spectra
https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/aaa019 The NASA Ames PAH IR Spectroscopic Database: Computational Version 3.00 with Updated Content and the Introduction of Multiple Scaling Factors
https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/211/1/8 THE NASA AMES PAH IR SPECTROSCOPIC DATABASE VERSION 2.00: UPDATED CONTENT, WEB SITE, AND ON(OFF)LINE TOOLS
https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/189/2/341 THE NASA AMES POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON INFRARED SPECTROSCOPIC DATABASE: THE COMPUTED SPECTRA
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How to Cite

When using this dataset, please cite the data package provided here as well as original publications, when available. License terms and conditions apply. Creative Commons License

Dataset: Allamandola, L; Bauschlicher, C; Boersma, C; Hudgins, D; Mattioda, A; Ricca, A. The NASA Ames PAH IR Spectroscopic Database. Astrobiology Habitable Environment Database. Retrieved Date: May 3, 2025. https://doi.org/10.48667/6p1n-w007
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