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On the Mechanism of H2 Formation in the Interstellar Medium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Valerio Pirronello
Valerio Pirronello*
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Catania, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania Viale A. Doria, 6-95125 Catania Italy

Abstract

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The problem of the formation of molecular hydrogen in interstellar clouds is revisited. the role played by cosmic ray bombardment under certain circumstances is considered mainly in the light of the low formation rate of H2 on grains due to the reduced mobility of adsorbed H atoms on their amorphous surfaces at interstellar temperatures.

Type
Interstellar Medium
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 120: Astrochemistry , 1987 , pp. 167 - 169
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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