pp 613 - 614
Preface
F. Salama, C.W. Bauschlicher

pp 615 - 626
The unidentified diffuse interstellar bands as evidence for large
organic molecules in the interstellar medium
T.P. Snow

pp 627 - 642
Aromatic hydrocarbons, diamonds, and fullerenes in interstellar
space: puzzles to be solved by laboratory and theoretical
astrochemistry
K. Sellgren

pp 643 - 660
Searches for new interstellar molecules, including a tentative
detection of aziridine and a possible detection of propenal
J.E. Dickens, W.M. Irvine, A. Nummelin, H. Mollendal, S. Saito, S.
Thorwirth, A. Hjalmarson, M. Ohishi

pp 661 - 667
Spectroscopy of H"^3+ and its impact on astrophysics
J. Tennyson, S. Miller

pp 669 - 684
Interstellar matrices: the chemical composition and evolution of
interstellar ices as observed by ISO
L. d'Hendecourt, E. Dartois

pp 685 - 704
Spectroscopic diagnostics of organic chemistry in the protostellar
environment
S.B. Charnley, P. Ehrenfreund, Y.-J. Kuan

pp 705 - 716
Millimeter-wave time-resolved studies of HCO^+-H"2 inelastic
collisions
L.C. Oesterling, F.C. De Lucia, E. Herbst

pp 717 - 735
Vibrational spectroscopy of gas-phase neutral and cationic
phenanthrene in their electronic groundstates
J.A. (Hans) Piest, J. Oomens, J. Bakker, G. von Helden, G. Meijer

pp 737 - 744
Hydrogenation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons as a factor
affecting the cosmic 6.2 micron emission band
L.W. Beegle, T.J. Wdowiak, J.G. Harrison

pp 745 - 756
Laboratory spectra of cold gas phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
cations, and their possible relation to the diffuse interstellar
bands
P. Brechignac, T. Pino, N. Boudin

pp 757 - 774
Carbon chains and rings in the laboratory and in space
P. Thaddeus, M.C. McCarthy

pp 775 - 786
Electronic absorption and resonance Raman spectra of large linear
carbon clusters isolated in solid argon
J. Szczepanski, J. Fuller, S. Ekern, M. Vala

pp 787 - 795
Carbon and silicate grains in the laboratory as analogues of cosmic
dust
V. Mennella, J.R. Brucato, L. Colangeli

pp 797 - 814
Optical properties of synthetic carbon nanoparticles as model of
cosmic dust
C. Reynaud, O. Guillois, N. Herlin-Boime, J.-N. Rouzaud, A. Galvez,
C. Clinard, E. Balanzat, J.-M. Ramillon

pp 815 - 824
Formation and spectroscopy of carbides
T. Henning, H. Mutschke

pp 825 - 842
Vibrational spectroscopy of ion-irradiated ices
G. Strazzulla, G.A. Baratta, M.E. Palumbo

pp 843 - 858
Mid- and far-infrared spectroscopic studies of the influence of
temperature, ultraviolet photolysis and ion irradiation on
cosmic-type ices
M.H. Moore, R.L. Hudson, P.A. Gerakines

pp 859 - 873
Looking for the PC bond in space: HPCO and HPCS as possible tracers
C. Dimur, F. Pauzat, Y. Ellinger, G. Berthier

pp 875 - 885
A fully ab initio potential curve of near-spectroscopic quality for
OH^- ion: importance of connected quadruple excitations and scalar
relativistic effects
J.M.L. Martin

pp 887 - 895
Vibrational energy levels for CH"4 from an ab initio potential
D.W. Schwenke, H. Partridge

pp 897 - 906
Ab initio calculations of electronically excited states of
cyano-substituted polyacetylene cations
J. Myung Lee, L. Adamowicz

pp 907 - 930
Closed-shell polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon cations: a new category
of interstellar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
D.M. Hudgins, C.W. Bauschlicher, L.J. Allamandola

pp 931 - 945
Electronic spectra and ionization potentials of a stable class of
closed shell polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon cations
J.L. Weisman, T.J. Lee, M. Head-Gordon

pp 947 - 958
Numerical simulation of the infrared emission of interstellar dust
R. Papoular


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