Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
Oct 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991apjs...77..287r&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (ISSN 0067-0049), vol. 77, Oct. 1991, p. 287-297.
Statistics
Computation
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Cosmic Dust, Interstellar Matter, Molecular Clouds, Photodissociation, Photoionization, Computational Astrophysics, Cosmic Rays, Interstellar Extinction, Molecular Spectra
Scientific paper
The rates of photoionization and photodissociation of molecules are calculated as functions of visual extinction into plane-parallel clouds illuminated by the average interstellar radiation field. An accurate technique is used to calculate the attenuation of the ultraviolet radiation due to scattering and absorption by dust grains inside the clouds. As a plausible and self-consistent model for the grains in diffuse clouds and the outer layers of dense clouds, the graphite-silicate grain mixture of Mathis, Rumpl, and Nordsieck is adopted, together with the wavelength-dependent grain-optical properties calculated by Draine and Lee. Depth-dependent photodissociation and photoionization rates are presented for a wide range of molecules, and the results are compared with the rates of photodestruction resulting from internal photons generated by cosmic rays.
Dalgarno Alexander
Jones Damien
Lepp Stephen
Roberge Wayne G.
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