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Gehrz, R.D., Woodward, C.E., Greenhouse, M.A., Starrfield, S., Wooden, D.H., Witteborn, F.C., Sandford, S.A., Allamandola, L.J., Bregman, J.D., & Klapisch, M. (1994). The Temporal Evolution of the 4-14 Micron Spectrum of V1974 Cygni (Nova Cygni 1992). Astrophys. J. 421, 762-770. [PDF]

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Sandford, S.A., Geballe, T.R., Salama, F., & Goorvitch, D. (1994). New Narrow Infrared Absorption Features in the Spectrum of Io Between 3600 and 3100 cm-1 (2.8-3.2 µm). Icarus 110, 292-302.

Allamandola, L. J. (1993). ISO, Dust and PAHs. In Astronomical Infrared Spectroscopy: Future Observational Directions, ed. S. Kwok, Ast. Soc. Pac. Conf. Ser. 41, 197-206.

Bregman, J., Rank, D., Sandford, S.A., & Temi, P. (1993). Spectral Imaging of the 3.3 and 11.3 µm Emission Bands in NGC 1333: Discovery of Spatially Separate Band Emissions. Astrophys. J. 410, 668-672. [PDF]

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Trafton, L.M., Lester, D.F., Ramseyer, T.F., Sandford, S.A., Salama, F., & Allamandola, L.J. (1991). A New Class of Absorption Feature in Io's Near-Infrared Spectrum. Icarus 89, 264-276.

Buss Jr., R.H., Cohen, M., Tielens, A.G.G.M., Werner, M.W., Bregman, J.D., Witteborn, F.C., Rank, D., & Sandford, S.A. (1990). Hydrocarbon Emission Features in the IR Spectra of Warm Supergiants. Astrophys. J. 365, L23-L26. [PDF]

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Schutte, W. A., Tielens, A. G. G. M., Allamandola, L. J., Cohen, M. & Wooden, D. H. (1990). The Anomalous 3.43 and 3.53 mm Emission Features Towards HD97048 and Elias I: C-C Vibrational Modes of PAHs? Astrophys. J. 360, 577-589. [PDF]

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