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COSMIC PAH DESCRIPTION

The primary objective of the Cosmic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) portal is to ease access to molecular data in order to:

- Identify these species in astrophysical environments and in extraterrestrial samples.

- Understand their formation pathways and their link with related molecular species such as carbon clusters and fullerenes.

- Model their evolution in astrophysical environments and their impact on the physical and chemical conditions.

The portal gathers links to:

- Molecular databases developed by the team, both theoretical and experimental.

- Databases of modeled spectra in astrophysical environments.

- Tools to analyze in a consistent way spectra from experiments. theoretical calculations, and astrophysical observations.

- Tools to model spectra in astrophysical environments using experimental and theoretical data.