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New Interstellar Molecular Detections: Implications for “Shock Chemistry”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

L. M. Ziurys  and
B. E. Turner
L. M. Ziurys
Affiliation:
Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, National Radio Astronomy Observatory Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
B. E. Turner
Affiliation:
Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, National Radio Astronomy Observatory Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.

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Several new interstellar species have recently been detected in the molecular gas, including rotationally-excited CH, vibrationally-excited HCN, and a new molecular ion, HCNH+. These detections have raised some interesting questions concerning the relative importance of “shock” or “high temperature” chemistry vs. ion-molecule reactions in the synthesis of interstellar molecules in dense clouds.

Type
Interstellar Medium
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 120: Astrochemistry , 1987 , pp. 289 - 292
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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