Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Nov 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009apj...705l.172m&link_type=abstract
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 705, Issue 2, pp. L172-L175 (2009).
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Astrochemistry, Early Universe, Molecular Processes, Methods: Laboratory
Scientific paper
We have determined the rate constant for the associative detachment reaction of hydride ions with hydrogen atoms (H- + H \longrightarrow H2 + e -) at 300 K to be 2.0 (±0.6) × 10-9 cm3 s-1, where the error bars represent the total absolute error and include 1σ of the measured values; the error analysis is described in the Appendix. Experiments were carried out in a flowing afterglow instrument using the well-characterized reactions of Cl- + H and OH- + H to calibrate the concentration of hydrogen atoms. Our measurement represents a significant improvement over previous determinations and will reduce uncertainties in cosmological models that rely on this reaction rate constant.
Betts Nicholas B.
Bierbaum Veronica M.
Martinez Oscar
Snow Theodore P.
Yang Zhibo
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