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Louis J. Allamandola

Louis J. Allamandola

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Physics

D-Index
101
Citations
33897
World Ranking
1609
National Ranking
852

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2006 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his seminal contributions in astrochemistry that have forever revolutionized our understanding of interstellar molecules, interstellar ices, and the chemical physics of the interstellar medium

Overview

Louis J. Allamandola is affiliated with the Ames Research Center in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Chemistry, with a particular focus on subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Spectroscopy, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Atmospheric Science, and Organic Chemistry.

The main topics explored in their work include Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure, Astro and Planetary Science, Stellar, Planetary, and Galactic Studies, Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, and Structural and Chemical Analysis of Organic and Inorganic Compounds.

Allamandola has contributed to various publication venues, with frequent appearances in arXiv (Cornell University), The Astrophysical Journal, Astronomy and Astrophysics, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, and The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored include:

  • The NASA Ames PAH IR Spectroscopic Database: The Laboratory Spectra (2020, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series)
  • PDRs4All (2023, Astronomy and Astrophysics)
  • PDRs4All: A JWST Early Release Science Program on Radiative Feedback from Massive Stars (2022, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific)
  • PDRs4All (2024, Astronomy and Astrophysics)
  • PDRs4All (2023, Astronomy and Astrophysics)

Their frequent co-authors include Christiaan Boersma, Alexandros Maragkoudakis, E. Peeters, Timothy J. Lee, and J. Cami, reflecting collaborations across various aspects of astrophysics and spectroscopy.

Allamandola has received recognition such as the Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2006, honored for contributions in astrochemistry related to interstellar molecules, ices, and chemical physics of the interstellar medium. In the same year, Allamandola was also named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Interstellar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: the infrared emission bands, the excitation/emission mechanism, and the astrophysical implications.

    L. J. Allamandola;A. G. G. M. Tielens;J. R. Barker

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and the unidentified infrared emission bands - Auto exhaust along the Milky Way

    L. J. Allamandola;A. G. G. M. Tielens;J. R. Barker

  • The rich 6 to 9 vec mu m spectrum of interstellar PAHs

    E. Peeters;S. Hony;C. van Kerckhoven;A.G.G.M. Tielens

  • The rich 6 to 9 um spectrum of interstellar PAHs

    E. Peeters;S. Hony;C. Van Kerckhoven;A.G.G.M. Tielens

  • Mid- and far-infrared spectroscopy of ices - Optical constants and integrated absorbances

    D. M. Hudgins;S. A. Sandford;L. J. Allamandola;A. G. G. M. Tielens

  • Photochemical and thermal evolution of interstellar/precometary ice analogs

    L.J. Allamandola;S.A. Sandford;G.J. Valero

  • Organic Compounds Produced by Photolysis of Realistic Interstellar and Cometary Ice Analogs Containing Methanol

    Max P. Bernstein;Scott A. Sandford;Louis J. Allamandola;Sherwood Chang

  • Modeling the Unidentified Infrared Emission with Combinations of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

    L. J. Allamandola;D. M. Hudgins;S. A. Sandford

  • The Organic Refractory Material in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium: Mid-Infrared Spectroscopic Constraints

    Y. J. Pendleton;L. J. Allamandola

  • Near-infrared absorption spectroscopy of interstellar hydrocarbon grains

    Y. J. Pendleton;S. A. Sandford;L. J. Allamandola;A. G. G. M. Tielens

  • UV irradiation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ices : Production of alcohols, quinones, and ethers

    Max P. Bernstein;Max P. Bernstein;Scott A. Sandford;Louis J. Allamandola;J. Se B. Gillette

  • The CH out of plane bending modes of PAH molecules in astrophysical environments

    S Hony;C Van Kerckhoven;E Peeters;A. G. G. M. Tielens

  • Theoretical modeling of the infrared fluorescence from interstellar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

    W. A. Schutte;A. G. G. M. Tielens;L. J. Allamandola

  • Infrared spectroscopy of dense clouds in the C-H stretch region - Methanol and 'diamonds'

    L. J. Allamandola;S. A. Sandford;A. G. G. M. Tielens;T. M. Herbst

  • Variations in the Peak Position of the 6.2 μm Interstellar Emission Feature: A Tracer of N in the Interstellar Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Population

    Douglas M. Hudgins;Charles W. Bauschlicher;L. J. Allamandola

  • The interstellar C-H stretching band near 3.4 microns - Constraints on the composition of organic material in the diffuse interstellar medium

    S. A. Sandford;L. J. Allamandola;A. G. G. M. Tielens;K. Sellgren

  • The NASA Astrobiology Roadmap.

    David J. Des Marais;Louis J. Allamandola;Steven A. Benner;Alan P. Boss

  • The profiles of the 3 to 12 $\mu$m PAH features

    B. van Diedenhoven;E. Peeters;C. Van Kerckhoven;S. Hony

  • Laboratory studies of the infrared spectral properties of CO in astrophysical ices.

    S. A. Sandford;L. J. Allamandola;A. G. G. M. Tielens;G. J. Valero

  • Condensation and Vaporization Studies of CH3OH and NH3 Ices: Major Implications for Astrochemistry

    Scott A. Sandford;Louis J. Allamandola

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles W. Bauschlicher
Charles W. Bauschlicher Ames Research Center
Jason P. Dworkin
Jason P. Dworkin Goddard Space Flight Center
Dale P. Cruikshank
Dale P. Cruikshank University of Central Florida
Richard N. Zare
Richard N. Zare Stanford University
Harold Linnartz
Harold Linnartz Leiden University
John R. Barker
John R. Barker University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Michael W. Werner
Michael W. Werner California Institute of Technology
Herma M. Cuppen
Herma M. Cuppen Radboud University
Ed Churchwell
Ed Churchwell University of Wisconsin–Madison

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