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Formation Mechanism for Interstellar Molecules

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Paul Harteck ,
Arthur Beaudoin  and
Robert Reeves
Paul Harteck
Affiliation:
Chemistry Dept., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y. 12181, U.S.A.
Arthur Beaudoin
Affiliation:
Chemistry Dept., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y. 12181, U.S.A.
Robert Reeves
Affiliation:
Chemistry Dept., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y. 12181, U.S.A.

Abstract

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The gas phase production of molecules in dust clouds in interstellar space may occur largely as H2 formation on the interstellar grains, with relatively minor formation in the gas phase. The formation of more complex molecules, however, may be augmented by gas phase processes including (1) negative ions formed by radiative attachment of electrons, (2) direct radiative association of molecules and atoms, and (3) reaction of atoms and molecules with H3+ molecules.

Type
Part VII Molecules, Theory and Observations
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 52: Interstellar Dust and Related Topics , 1973 , pp. 395 - 398
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1973 

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