CHEMISTRY IN DENSE PHOTON-DOMINATED REGIONS

Authors
STERNBERG A DALGARNO A
Citation
A. Sternberg et A. Dalgarno, CHEMISTRY IN DENSE PHOTON-DOMINATED REGIONS, The Astrophysical journal. Supplement series, 99(2), 1995, pp. 565-607
Citations number
113
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
The Astrophysical journal. Supplement series → ACNP
ISSN journal
00670049
Volume
99
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
565 - 607
Database
ISI
SICI code
0067-0049(1995)99:2<565:CIDPR>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
We present a detailed chemical model of a photon-dominated region prod uced in a dense molecular cloud exposed to an intense far-ultraviolet radiation field. We use it to illustrate the gas-phase processes that lead to the production of atomic and molecular species in the several distinct zones that occur in the cloud. We identify molecular diagnost ics of photon-dominated chemistry in dense molecular clouds.