The C/+/-CO transition in interstellar clouds

Details The C/+/-CO transition in interstellar clouds The C/+/-CO transition in interstellar clouds

Apr 1975

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975apj...197..347g&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, vol. 197, Apr. 15, 1975, pt. 1, p. 347-350.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Carbon Monoxide, Interstellar Matter, Ionic Reactions, Nebulae, Transition Points, Interstellar Extinction, Ionizing Radiation, Molecular Interactions, Recombination Reactions, Ultraviolet Radiation

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Ionized carbon recombines as the ultraviolet radiation field is attenuated inside interstellar clouds. It is proposed that C(+) is transformed into CO, the CO being formed by ion-molecule reactions of C(+) with OH and H2O. The characteristic column density of hydrogen required for the transition is approximately 3 sextillion per sq cm. The C(+)-CO transition has important implications for observations of CO and the thermal properties of sufficiently thick clouds.

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