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The Formation of Interstellar Molecules via Radiative Association Reactions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

David Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Space Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England
Nigel G. Adams
Affiliation:
Department of Space Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England

Abstract

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The radiative association rate coefficients and their temperature dependences have been estimated for several likely interstellar ion-molecule reactions from laboratory collisional association rate data. They include the CH3+ + H2 and CH3+ + H2O reactions, which we suggest lead to CH4 and CH3OH respectively, and the critical association reaction C+ + H2.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1980 

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