STIMULATED RADIATIVE ASSOCIATION OF LI AND H IN THE EARLY UNIVERSE

Authors
STANCIL PC DALGARNO A
Citation
Pc. Stancil et A. Dalgarno, STIMULATED RADIATIVE ASSOCIATION OF LI AND H IN THE EARLY UNIVERSE, The Astrophysical journal, 479(2), 1997, pp. 543-546
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
The Astrophysical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
0004637X
Volume
479
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Part
1
Pages
543 - 546
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-637X(1997)479:2<543:SRAOLA>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The enhancement of the rate coefficient for the radiative association of Li and H to form LiH arising from stimulated emission by the cosmic background radiation field is calculated. It is shown that the effect on the fractional abundance of LiH in the early universe for redshift s z between 1000 and 10 is small.