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Dissociative Recombination of H3 +, HCO+, N2H+ and CH5 +

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The dissociative recombination coefficients, α, for H3 +, HCO+, N2H+ and CH5 + have been measured in a flowing afterglow/Langmuir probe (FALP) apparatus at 95 and 300K. It was found that α(H3 +) is very small, in conflict with previous measurements, but that α(HCO+), α(N2H+) and α(CH5 +) are much larger being in substantial agreement with expectations based on previous laboratory data. The implications of these new data to the chemistry and physics of interstellar gas clouds are mentioned.

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  1. Institut für Astrophysik, Max-Planck-lnstitut für Physik und Astrophysik, Garching-bei-München, Germany

    G. H. F. Diercksen

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Adams, N.G., Smith, D. (1985). Dissociative Recombination of H3 +, HCO+, N2H+ and CH5 + . In: Diercksen, G.H.F., Huebner, W.F., Langhoff, P.W. (eds) Molecular Astrophysics. NATO ASI Series, vol 157. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5432-8_34

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