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Interstellar Molecules – Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

R. D. Brown*
Affiliation:
Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia Monash University, Department of Chemistry, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Abstract

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A number of possible mechanisms for the formation of molecules in the interstellar medium are discussed. Plausible suggestions have been made for the production of most of the known diatomics, but there is little understanding of polyatomics so far.

Type
Part 1: The Interstellar Medium
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1974 

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