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Videos

A number of videos are available that discuss the NASA Ames PAH IR Spectroscopic Database, a number of lectures on PAH- and PAH-related subjects as well as dedicated tutorials dealing with using the website, the website tools and software tools.

The videos are hosted via YouTube.

  1. NASA Ames PAH IR Spectroscopic Database
  2. Lectures
  3. Tutorials
    1. Website
    2. Software

1. NASA Ames PAH IR Spectroscopic Database

2022 LVS Workshop
Dr. Christiaan Boersma, working with the Astrophysics & Astrochemistry Laboratory Group and a member of the NASA Ames PAH IR Spectroscopic Database Team, presented at The Large Volume Spectroscopic Analyses of AGN and Star Forming Galaxies in the Era of JWST workshop on the NASA Ames PAH IR Spectroscopic Database on April 1, 2022. The workshop website is located at www.stsci.edu/contents/events/stsci/2022/march/large-volume-spectroscopic-analyses-of-agn-and-star-forming-galaxies-in-the-era-of-jwst.

2. Lectures

2019 PAC Research Award Lecture
Dr. Louis J. Allamandola, working with the Astrophysics & Astrochemistry Laboratory Group and a member of the NASA Ames PAH IR Spectroscopic Database Team, is the 2019 recipient of the PAC Research Award. This award is presented to a researcher who has made major contributions to research related to PACs (Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds). Specifically, Dr. Allamandola is being recognized for "having blazed a trail that furthers our understanding of PAHs in outer space, as such PAHs and Astrophysics is now one of the most dynamic study areas related to PAHs". The prize was presented to Dr. Allamandola during the 2019 International Symposium on Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds (ISPAC) held at Örebro University in Örebro, Sweden. Dr. Allamandola’s past honors include being named one of the 25 most influential people in space by TIME magazine and recipient of a Presidential Rank Award. His work currently focuses on preparing the data and tools necessary to analyze and interpret the PAH signatures to be observed by the James Webb Space Telescope, which is being supported through a NASA Directed Work Package titled: "Laboratory Astrophysics – The NASA Ames PAH IR Spectroscopic Database". The conference website is located at www.oru.se/english/schools/science-and-technology/conferenses/ispac-september-9-12-2019.

3. Tutorials

a. Website

Exploring the Content of the Database
This video explores the content of the NASA Ames PAH IR Spectrsocopic Database website and is the first in a series of videos describing the website and its associated tools.

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b. Software

PyPAHdb - JWebbinar 23
Dr. Alexandros Maragkoudakis and Dr. Christiaan Boersma, working with the Astrophysics & Astrochemistry Laboratory Group and a member of the NASA Ames PAH IR Spectroscopic Database Team, co-hosted JWebbinar 23 as core team members of the PDRs4All JWST Early Release Science program to describe and demonstrate the pyPAHdb software tool that the NASA Ames PAH IR Spectroscopic Database team developed to analyze and interpret JWST PAH spectra. Materials can be found at www.stsci.edu/jwst/science-execution/jwebbinars.

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