PAH Emission Spectra and Band Ratios for Arbitrary Radiation Fields with the Single Photon Approximation
Helena M. Richie, Brandon S. Hensley
arXiv:2510.16861v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: We present a new method for generating emission spectra from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in arbitrary radiation fields. We utilize the single-photon limit for PAH heating and emission to treat individual photon absorptions as independent events. This allows the construction of a set of single-photon emission “basis spectra” that can be scaled to produce an output emission spectrum given any input heating spectrum. We find that this method produces agreement with PAH emission spectra computed accounting for multi-photon effects to within $simeq10%$ in the $3-20~{rm mu m}$ wavelength range for radiation fields with intensity $UarXiv:2510.16861v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: We present a new method for generating emission spectra from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in arbitrary radiation fields. We utilize the single-photon limit for PAH heating and emission to treat individual photon absorptions as independent events. This allows the construction of a set of single-photon emission “basis spectra” that can be scaled to produce an output emission spectrum given any input heating spectrum. We find that this method produces agreement with PAH emission spectra computed accounting for multi-photon effects to within $simeq10%$ in the $3-20~{rm mu m}$ wavelength range for radiation fields with intensity $U

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