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Molecular Synthesis in Interstellar Clouds: the Radiative Association Reaction H + OH ↠ H2O + hv

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

D. Field ,
N. G. Adams  and
D. Smith
D. Field
Affiliation:
† School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS U.K.
N. G. Adams
Affiliation:
∗Dept. of Space Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, U.K.
D. Smith
Affiliation:
∗Dept. of Space Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, U.K.

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On the evidence of some recent laboratory data for the association reaction H + OH + He → H2O + He, and following previously proposed ion-neutral association reaction schemes, we tentatively suggest that the radiative association reaction of H and OH can be a significant mechanism for the production of H2O in interstellar clouds, when compared with the ion-neutral reaction sequence. The ‘H-atom + radical’ association process may be of some general importance in the production of other small molecules in interstellar clouds.

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Research Article
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 87: Interstellar Molecules , 1980 , pp. 289 - 290
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1980 

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