Sequence Structure Emission in the Red Rectangle Bands
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We report high resolution (R∼37,000) integral field spectroscopy of the central region (r<14 arcsec) of the Red Rectangle nebula surrounding HD44179. The observations focus on the λ5800Å emission feature, the bluest of the yellow/red emission bands in the Red Rectangle. We propose that the emission feature, widely believed to be a molecular emission band, is not a molecular rotation contour, but a vibrational contour caused by overlapping sequence bands from a molecule with an extended chromophore. We model the feature as arising in a Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) with 45-100 carbon atoms. Subject headings: planetary nebulae: individual(Red Rectangle), ISM: molecules, ISM: lines and bands
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