Interstellar molecules

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Interstellar Chemistry, Interstellar Matter, Molecular Clouds, Comet Nuclei, Density Distribution, Diatomic Molecules, Isotopic Enrichment, Stellar Envelopes, Triatomic Molecules, Solar System, Molecules, Clouds, Isotopes, Elements, Composition, Gases, Ions, Chemistry, Synthesis, Enrichment, Comets, Atmosphere, Sublimation, Comet Nuclei, Diagrams, Density

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Some 70 different molecular species have so far been detected variously in diffuse interstellar clouds, dense interstellar clouds, and circumstellar shells. Only simple (diatomic and triatomic) species exist in diffuse clouds because of the penetration of destructive UV radiations, whereas more complex (polyatomic) molecules survive in dense clouds as a result of the shielding against this UV radiation provided by dust grains. A current list of interstellar molecules is given together with a few other molecular species that have so far been detected only in circumstellar shells. Also listed are those interstellar species that contain rare isotopes of several elements. The gas phase ion chemistry is outlined via which the observed molecules are synthesized, and the process by which enrichment of the rare isotopes occurs in some interstellar molecules is described.

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