Capture calculations for the rates of important neutral-neutral reactions in dense interstellar clouds: C + C2H2 and CN + C2H2

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Capture Effect, Chemical Reactions, Interstellar Gas, Molecular Clouds, Neutral Particles, Anisotropy, Hamiltonian Functions, Statistical Analysis, Temperature Dependence, Temperature Gradients

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We have used long-range capture theories with a range of anisotropic potentials to calculate the rate coefficients for the neutral reactions C + C2H2 and CN + C2H2 as functions of temperature in the range 10-300 K. Both reactions are of probable importance in the gas-phase chemistry of dense interstellar clouds. The C + C2H2 reaction has been studied in the laboratory at room temperature, while the CN + C2H2 reaction has been studied in the laboratory at temperatures as low as 25 K. Our results are only in partial agreement with the measured values indicating (1) that short-range and/or statistical effects must in general be taken into account and (2) that the long-range theories are likely to be most accurate at low temperatures.

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