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Photodissociation

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Photodestruction

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Photodissociation is the chemical process whereby a molecule is broken apart by absorption of a photon. Specific processes include direct photodissociation, predissociation, coupled-states photodissociation, and spontaneous radiative photodissociation.

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  • Duley WW, Williams DA (1984) Interstellar chemistry. Academic, London

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  1. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 699, Solar System Exploration Division, Code 691, Astrochemistry Laboratory, 20771, Greenbelt, MD, USA

    Steven B. Charnley

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  1. Steven B. Charnley
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  1. Centro de Biología Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Ricardo Amils

  2. Labo. d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux (LAB), Observatoire Aquitain des Sciences de l'Univers (OASU), Floirac CX, France

    Muriel Gargaud

  3. Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), Inst. Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial, Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain

    José Cernicharo Quintanilla

  4. Geophysical Lab., Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

    Henderson James Cleaves

  5. Astronomy Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

    William M. Irvine

  6. Dépt. Sc. de la Terre et de l’Atmosphère, Université du Québec, Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada

    Daniele Pinti

  7. Centre National d'Etudes Spatiale (CNES) DPI/E2U, Paris CX, France

    Michel Viso

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Charnley, S.B. (2014). Photodissociation. In: Amils, R., et al. Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27833-4_1196-3

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