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Recent Advances in the studies of Reaction Rates relevant to Interstellar Chemistry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Nigel G. Adams  and
David Smith
Nigel G. Adams
Affiliation:
Department of Space Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT England
David Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Space Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT England

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The current status of laboratory measurements of the rate coefficients for ionic reactions involved in interstellar molecular synthesis is discussed and the experimental techniques used to acquire such data are briefly described. Examples are given of laboratory data which are being obtained at temperatures close to those of interstellar clouds. Particular attention is given to the results of recent theoretical and experimental work which show that the rate coefficients for the binary reactions of ions with polar molecules at low temperatures are much larger than previously assumed. It is shown how these new developments in experiment and theory are reconciling the differences between predicted and observed abundances for some interstellar molecules. Also briefly discussed are: - the phenomenon of isotope exchange in ion/neutral reactions which explains the apparent enrichment of heavy isotopes in some interstellar molecules, the role of atoms in molecular synthesis, some studies of ion/neutral reactions pertaining to shocked regions of interstellar clouds, ternary association reactions and the analogous radiative association reactions, and recent new laboratory measurements of dissociative recombination coefficients. Finally, some guidance is offered in the proper choice of critical kinetic data for use in interstellar chemical modelling and some further requirements and likely future developments are mentioned.

Type
Basic Studies
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 120: Astrochemistry , 1987 , pp. 1 - 18
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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