G. C. Sloan: Abstract and Paper Library

Welcome to my library of abstracts and papers.

Full bibliography of publications (with links to abstracts and more)

Catalogs and Atlases of infrared spectra and spectral classifications

Van Schuylenbergh et al. 2026a, “Survival of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the ionized environment of Tc 1,” ApJ, submitted.
Sloan et al. 2026b, “The JWST Proto-PAH project: Infrared spectroscopy of highly evolved carbon-rich objects,” ApJ, submitted.
Van Schuylenbergh et al. 2026b, “Studying the fullerene nest: JWST observations of the planetary nebula Tc 1. III. Tracing fullerene-linked dust variation,” ApJ, in press.
Giese et al. 2026b, “Studying the fullerene nest: JWST observations of the planetary nebula Tc 1. II. A detailed study of fullerenes,” ApJ, in press.
Gasman, D., et al. 2026, “The MIRI MRS Library III. Detector-based optimal spectral extraction and high-contrast imaging applications,” A&A, in press.
Clark et al. 2026b, “JWST observations of the planetary nebula NGC 6302 IV: PAH spectral characteristics, formation and evolution,”, MNRAS, in press.

Clark et al. 2026a, “The JWST Proto-PAH project: Aromatic backbones with extensive aliphatic substitution account for both the aromatic and aliphatic emission,” A&A, 715, A106.
Ricca et al. 2026, “The JWST Proto-PAH project: Computational modeling of the emission carriers,” ApJ, 1011, 189.
Groenewegen et al. 2026, “CO rotational line emission in very red carbon stars in the Magellanic Clouds,” A&A, 714, A130.
J. Li et al. 2026, “The JWST Proto-PAH project: Detection of the methyl radical CH₃ in the highly evolved C-rich object SMP LMC 011,” ApJ Letters, 1009, L47.
Giese et al. 2026a, “Detection of C₆₀ combination bands in the near-IR spectrum of Tc 1,“ ApJ Letters, 1004, L32.
Sloan et al. 2026a, “Mid-infrared JWST spectra of carbon stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud,” ApJ, 1002, 115.

Some highlights among the papers I've written

Kraemer, K.E., et al. 2019, “Stellar pulsation and the production of dust and molecules in Galactic carbon stars,” ApJ, 887, 82.
Sloan et al. 2016, “The infrared spectral properties of Magellanic carbon stars,” ApJ, 826, 44.
Sloan et al. 2015, “Spectral calibration in the mid-infrared: Challenges and solutions,” AJ, 149, 11.
Sloan et al. 2014, “Carbon-rich dust past the asymptotic giant branch: Aliphatics, aromatics, and fullerenes in the Magellanic Clouds” ApJ, 791, 28.
Sloan et al. 2012, “Carbon-rich dust production in metal-poor galaxies in the Local Group,” ApJ, 752, 140.
McDonald, I., et al. 2010, “Rusty old stars: A source of the missing interstellar iron?” ApJ Letters, 717, L92.
Sloan et al. 2007, “The unusual hydrocarbon emission from the early carbon star HD 100764: The connection between aromatics and aliphatics,” ApJ, 664, 1144.
Sloan et al. 1999, “Direct spectroscopic evidence for ionized PAHs in the interstellar medium,” ApJ Letters, 513, L65.
Sloan & Price 1998, “The silicate dust sequence: infrared spectral classification of oxygen-rich circumstellar dust,” ApJ Suppl., 119, 141.

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