Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Mar 1996
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996a%26a...307..645v&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.307, p.645-652
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Molecular Data, Molecular Processes, Comets, Ism: Abundances, Molecules
Scientific paper
The photodissociation rates of CH_2_ are calculated in interstellar clouds and in cometary atmospheres using fully ab initio cross sections for the lowest three excited triplet states and estimates of the contributions from higher excited triplet states. Lower limits to the photodissociation rates are obtained taking only the lowest three excited states into account. The best estimates assume a dissociation probability η=0.2 for higher excited states. The upper limits to the rates use a dissociation probability of unity for all excited states. In the interstellar medium, the best estimate of the photodissociation rate in the unattenuated interstellar radiation field is 5.8x10^-10^s^-1^. In comets, a lifetime of 7700-14800 s at 1AU from the quiet Sun is computed, which differs significantly from previous estimates. The cometary lifetime of CHD is similar to that of CH_2_, but production of CD is favored by a factor of ~2 over CH. The photodissociation rate of cometary CH_2_ is compared with those of the related molecules CH_4_, CH_3_ and CH.
Beaerda R. A.
van Dishoeck Ewine F.
van Hemert Marc C.
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