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In particular, the conversion of acetylene to ring molecules such as benzene and derivatives, is possible and can instigate the development of an organic chemistry that leads to the formation of PAH particles (Cau 2002). The pulsation allows the gas to be shocked a number of times, each shock producing more PAHs. At a large enough density, the PAH molecules aggregate and grow to form small carbonaceous grains which are driven by radiation pressure out into the interstellar medium. Collisions between the dust grains and the gas causes an outXow of molecular gas, a massloss process, to occur.
1996, AJ 112, 335 Songaila, A. , 2001, in The Extragalactic Infrared Background and its Cosmological Implications, M. G. , Proceedings of an IAU Symposium held at Manchester, August 15–18, 2000, Astronomical Society of the PaciWc. Spaans, M. , Abel, T. , Lepp, S. , 1998, MmSAI, 69, 345 Umeda, H. , & Groesbeck, T. 1995, ApJ, 447. , Hernquist, L. uk Abstract: This article discusses the formation of organic molecules in interstellar and circumstellar environments and their transport, or not, to protostellar disks.
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