Magnetic flux loss from interstellar clouds

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Interstellar Matter, Magnetic Flux, Molecular Clouds, Star Formation, Abundance, Charged Particles, Interstellar Magnetic Fields, Recombination Reactions

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The densities of various charged particles in the ionization-recombination equilibrium is studied with a simplified reaction scheme and revised reaction rate coefficients. In particular, the dissociative recombination rate of H3(+) with an electron is decreased by a factor of 100 from the previously used rate. The general formula for describing the dissipation of magnetic fields is used to study the time-scale of magnetic flux loss from cloud cores with hydrogen number density, n(H), between 1,000 and 10 to the 13th/cu cm. It is found that reactions with CO, O2, and O transform H3(+) into other molecular ions. At n(H) below 10 to the 11th/cu cm, the magnetic flux loss time in the core of an oblate cloud is found to be considerably greater than the freefall time when the cloud has the critical magnetic field.

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