The photodissociation lifetimes of the OH and OD radicals in comets

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Cometary Atmospheres, Deuterium Compounds, Hydroxyl Radicals, Photodissociation, Radiation Absorption, Solar Radiation, Electron Transitions, Hydrogen Atoms, Reaction Kinetics, Comets, Radicals, Photodissociation, Absorption, Solar Radiation, Data, Calculations, Velocity, Atmosphere, Analysis

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The rates of photodissociation of the OH and OD molecules from absorption of solar radiation in the X2Π-A2Σ+ electronic transition are calculated to lie between 3.5 and 6.7×10-6 sec-1 for OH for heliocentric velocities between -60 and +60 km sec-1 and to be about 4.7×10-7 sec-1 for OD at 1 AU from the Sun. The corresponding lifetimes, which are upper bounds to the actual lifetimes, are generally consistent with the observational cometary data.

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